Job summary
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust's wholly owned subsidiary company, CHS Solutionsis looking to recruit peoplewho are available towork in our Catering Department in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.
If you would like to support our NHS family we offer £9.22 per hour with a variety of shift patterns on offer including evenings and weekends.
Main duties of the job
We have vacancies as outlined above, whicharevital roles that support the hospital's clinical teams.We need additional people to cater for our staff, get food to patients, work with our cleaning teams and help staff where they need it most.
We would like to offer people the opportunity to join us, to support our NHS as we begin to resume our normal services.
About us
As a bank member of staff you will be eligible to apply as an internal candidate for our permanent posts as they arise and we are pleased that a large number of colleagues have joined our substantive workforce this way. Permanent staff enjoy a pay and annual leave bonus scheme, life assurance and pension scheme, NHS staff discounts in a wide range of outlets and an employee assistance scheme for your health and wellbeing. We also have an on-site nursery and excellent catering facilities.
Candidates will be required tocomplete a short application form and we will need to undertake somepre-employment checks.
No experience is necessary, whilst IT literacy would be an advantage this is not essential. It is more important to have a strong work ethic and willingness to work across any service to support patient care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a range of support services working closely with wards and departments to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a range of support services working closely with wards and departments to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- NVQ Level 1 or 2 in Cleaning and Support Services
- BICSc
- Level 2 Food safety training (Expectation to work towards qualification within 3 months)
Knowledge & skills
Essential
- Understand the need for attention to detail
- An ability to be able to move and handle heavy goods/equipment safely after appropriate training
Desirable
- Basic understanding of the Health Service and an awareness of National Standards of Cleanliness
Experience
Essential
- The ability to communicate well with staff, patients and members of the public
- Ability to work as part of a team and to work flexibly and quickly
- Ability to deal with unpleasant spillages
Desirable
- Unsupervised working
- Understand the need to exercise confidentiality, sensitivity and have an awareness of the demands placed on CHS staff (
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- NVQ Level 1 or 2 in Cleaning and Support Services
- BICSc
- Level 2 Food safety training (Expectation to work towards qualification within 3 months)
Knowledge & skills
Essential
- Understand the need for attention to detail
- An ability to be able to move and handle heavy goods/equipment safely after appropriate training
Desirable
- Basic understanding of the Health Service and an awareness of National Standards of Cleanliness
Experience
Essential
- The ability to communicate well with staff, patients and members of the public
- Ability to work as part of a team and to work flexibly and quickly
- Ability to deal with unpleasant spillages
Desirable
- Unsupervised working
- Understand the need to exercise confidentiality, sensitivity and have an awareness of the demands placed on CHS staff (
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).