Catering Assistant
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Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for Catering Assistants and Kitchen Porters to join team QEH .
As part of the Catering Team you will be assisting in all aspects of food preparation, delivery, service, wash-up cleaning duties, Till work customer service relating to the provision of catering services to Patients, Staff, Visitors.
You will have previous experience managing your own time and resources and experience of working within a team. No formal qualifications are required for this position however you must have good reading and writing skills.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen to join theCateringTeam within The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The Catering Department caters for 1,500 main meals daily providing a service to patients, staff and visitors. Patients enjoy a choice from individual menus, which are then served by trained staff in the Catering Department using the belt system, which enables the complete meal to be arranged on individual trays. Where appetites vary considerably, as on wards for the elderly and children's units, meals are served on the ward according to their individual needs. Staff enjoy a similarly wide choice and select their meals in The Hub Dining Room .
You will be working within the Catering Dept. where you may work in the Main Kitchen ,The Hub your workload will include emptying and cleaning the food trolleys, cleaning the kitchen, taking in deliverers from the loading bay and transporting them to the main kitchen , transporting meal trolleys to and from the wards and answering the telephone to take orders from the wards. You will also be required to work in the central dishwasher, pot wash area and cleaning equipment of the main kitchen and to serve meals for patients in the main kitchen.
You will be required to work as part of a team to deliver a quality service as directed by policies and procedures which are monitored by Supervisory Staff. Catering Assistants and Kitchen Porters will work closely between the Kitchen, Dining Room and Wards.
About us
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.
We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.
In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
Details
Date posted
07 August 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£22,383 a year N/A
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
426-632-23DC
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gayton Road
Kings Lynn
PE30 5ET
Employer details
Employer name
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gayton Road
Kings Lynn
PE30 5ET
Employer's website
https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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