York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management (LLP)

Bank Catering Services Operative - Acute Patient (York)

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Job summary

Contract Type - Bank

Hours - As and When

Base - York - Acute Patient

Are you someone who is looking for a role that will fit around your varying commitments, but also interested in working and gaining experience in a busy hospital service? Then this may be the job for you!

We have opportunities for friendly enthusiastic and customer focused people to join our Catering Team on an "as and when" basis.

Shift patterns cover (6am to 8pm - 7 days a week). Whilst regular work is not guaranteed, applicants can give as much or as little availability as they like.

Main duties of the job

Duties include,but are not limited to:

  • Delivering food to and serving patient food to the wards areas
  • Using ward ovens to regenerate food
  • Keeping the ward kitchen clean
  • Monitoring food temperatures as part of HACCP
  • Washing up and other general cleaning duties.
  • The role also could involve working in cold rooms to pick and seal patient food and also working in pot wash.

The ideal candidate will have catering experience, be fantastic with customers, a good team player and able to work on their own unsupervised. Full training will be provided.Enhanced rates apply when working at the weekend.

About us

As well as offering great flexibility and full paid training, other benefits include:

  • National terms and conditions for NHS workers
  • Competitive hourly rate (+ 12.07% in lieu of holidays). Your standard hourly rate would be £12.83
  • Enhanced Pay for unsocial hours worked - unsocial hours are any hours worked on weekends or between the hours of 8pm and 6am. At Band 2, the enhancements are: all time on Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8 pm and before 6 am - time plus 41% (£18.09per hour) or all time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight) - time plus 83% (£23.47per hour).
  • Fantastic discounts for staff, including local restaurants and shops.
  • Uniform is provided
  • DBS check is funded by the organisation

YTHFM are currently funding level 1 membership of a Tailored Healthcare Cash Plan for all substantive Band 2 and 3 staff, on a trial basis and as a gesture of goodwill. This provides employees with access to a range of benefits, including refunding the costs of optical and dental services, physiotherapy and wellbeing treatments, up to defined limits. This does not form part of our terms and conditions of employment and could be withdrawn at any time. We also offer discounted membership of Westfield Health's standard Plan for staff on bank contracts or employed in Band 4 or above.

Details

Date posted

03 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pro rata

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

419-5038627-BC-FM-B

Job locations

York Teaching Hospital

Wigginton Road

York

YO31 8HE


Job description

Job responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: recruitment@york.nhs.uk.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: recruitment@york.nhs.uk.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

Essential

  • Good basic education which includes reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
  • Basic understanding or a willingness to complete appropriate qualifications and training which includes Food Hygiene Level 2

Desirable

  • BICSc Qualification/NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning/Catering or equivalent

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to undertake high quality cleaning/catering work
  • Able to read, write and converse in English

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in the NHS
  • Experience of working in cleaning industry
  • Able to use small and large pieces of equipment such as Regeneration oven/dishwashers/Floor machinery
Person Specification

Education & Qualification

Essential

  • Good basic education which includes reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
  • Basic understanding or a willingness to complete appropriate qualifications and training which includes Food Hygiene Level 2

Desirable

  • BICSc Qualification/NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning/Catering or equivalent

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to undertake high quality cleaning/catering work
  • Able to read, write and converse in English

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in the NHS
  • Experience of working in cleaning industry
  • Able to use small and large pieces of equipment such as Regeneration oven/dishwashers/Floor machinery

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.

Employer details

Employer name

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management (LLP)

Address

York Teaching Hospital

Wigginton Road

York

YO31 8HE


Employer's website

https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management (LLP)

Address

York Teaching Hospital

Wigginton Road

York

YO31 8HE


Employer's website

https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Catering Supervisor

Sandra Pearson

sandra.pearson@ythfm.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

03 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pro rata

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

419-5038627-BC-FM-B

Job locations

York Teaching Hospital

Wigginton Road

York

YO31 8HE


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