An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Facilities Department for a Catering Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) at Maghull Health Park.
The post is suited to an enthusiastic team member who will work within our catering team. The post holder will be a positive member of the team who together with the cooks will ensure that we provide fresh high quality food whilst adhering to our very high food hygiene and cleanliness standards. They will be an important part of the Estates and Facilities Management Team.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Main Responsibilities:
1. To work as members of a team, carrying out facilities tasks as allocated and prioritised.
Facilities tasks may include all or a combination of the following:
• Cleaning in the kitchen
• Delivering of patient meals to the ward kitchen serveries
• Taken stock of deliveries
• Basic food preparation;
• Preparing and delivering of buffets
• Fridge and food temperature monitoring;
• Till operation;
• Collating service user menu orders;
• Filling vending machines.
To assist colleagues and their line manager, carry out the tasks assigned to the team or individual and to support the minimisation of overtime and sickness costs to the Trust and also minimise the waste of resources, through operating the required reporting, management or information systems. To undertake all mandatory training as required by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and ensure that all required training is kept up to date. To take part in performance management and Personal Achievement and Contribution Evaluations (PACE). To comply with all relevant policies and procedures (including, but not limited to, health & safety, security, manual handling and food safety). As work may be carried out in a wide variety of locations, adherence to site-specific security procedures is of paramount importance. To take responsibility for the completion of all duties in a safe and efficient manner, and to maintain regular contact with their line manager. To stand in for other FMA’s as required. To liaise with all relevant parties in a friendly and helpful way as is required to ensure the achievement of all duties and responsibilities. To work unsupervised and use own initiative in line with service requirements.
10. To ensure timely and accurate completion of documentation, and to enter and use data on information systems.
11. To undertake cleaning duties in accordance with cleaning schedules and instructions.
Any other duties that may be reasonably expected and that are commensurate with the grade.
1. Internal Contacts
Contact with staff of all disciplines and at all levels in the course of day-to-day domestic and catering duties.
2. External Contacts
Contact with visitors to the Trust, and with a variety of maintenance and other contractors working on site.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 Jan 2025