Job summary
To support the Facilities (Hotel Services) team in delivering catering services to patients, staff and visitors in accordance with the Health Board Food Safety policy and all related and relevant policies, procedures and legislative requirements. To assist in developing, maintaining and promoting the highest standards of service delivery, supporting, team working practices and the Facilities Unit commitment to EFQMS; and helping to maintain open and effective communications.
The post holder will work either as part of the ward based catering team or as part of the Main Kitchen catering team and will be responsible for food preparation or regeneration, meal service and cleaning of all catering areas.
Main duties of the job
The Principal Duties of the job are as follows:
- To prepare food and beverages in accordance with Health Board policy, procedures and legislative requirements;
- To assist nursing staff with meal service at ward level;
- To serve beverages at ward level in accordance with patient requests;
- To serve staff and customers in the dining room providing a professional and polite service;
- To operate the cash register accurately;
- To ensure all catering areas are cleaned in accordance with daily and weekly cleaning schedules.
- In the event of a major incident or to support adverse weather or other Facilities services contingency, the post holder may be required to be called in outside of normal working hours to support the Facilities Services in the contingency actions when and where required.
The duties of this post are not inflexible or exhaustive and will be reviewed periodically and may be changed to be consistent with the grading of the post as the organisation or department develops and following consultation with the post holder.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
The Principal Duties of the job are as follows:
- To prepare food and beverages in accordance with Health Board policy, procedures and legislative requirements;
- To assist nursing staff with meal service at ward level;
- To serve beverages at ward level in accordance with patient requests;
- To serve staff and customers in the dining room providing a professional and polite service;
- To operate the cash register accurately;
- To ensure all catering areas are cleaned in accordance with daily and weekly cleaning schedules.
- In the event of a major incident or to support adverse weather or other Facilities services contingency, the post holder may be required to be called in outside of normal working hours to support the Facilities Services in the contingency actions when and where required.
- The duties of this post are not inflexible or exhaustive and will be reviewed periodically and may be changed to be consistent with the grading of the post as the organisation or department develops and following consultation with the post holder.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
The Principal Duties of the job are as follows:
- To prepare food and beverages in accordance with Health Board policy, procedures and legislative requirements;
- To assist nursing staff with meal service at ward level;
- To serve beverages at ward level in accordance with patient requests;
- To serve staff and customers in the dining room providing a professional and polite service;
- To operate the cash register accurately;
- To ensure all catering areas are cleaned in accordance with daily and weekly cleaning schedules.
- In the event of a major incident or to support adverse weather or other Facilities services contingency, the post holder may be required to be called in outside of normal working hours to support the Facilities Services in the contingency actions when and where required.
- The duties of this post are not inflexible or exhaustive and will be reviewed periodically and may be changed to be consistent with the grading of the post as the organisation or department develops and following consultation with the post holder.
Person Specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a catering role with a basic knowledge of catering practices
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Good standard of general education (i.e. key skills level 2 in English and Mathematics or equivalent)
- Knowledge of health and safety in the work place along with specific legislative requirements covered during induction training. This will include Food Safety Act 1990, Food Hygiene (Wales) Legislation 2006, Food Handling policies and procedures, COSHH and HACCP procedures.
Person Specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a catering role with a basic knowledge of catering practices
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Good standard of general education (i.e. key skills level 2 in English and Mathematics or equivalent)
- Knowledge of health and safety in the work place along with specific legislative requirements covered during induction training. This will include Food Safety Act 1990, Food Hygiene (Wales) Legislation 2006, Food Handling policies and procedures, COSHH and HACCP procedures.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
