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Bank Catering Services Operative - Acute Patient (York), York
Client: York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location: York, United Kingdom
Job Category: Job training programs
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 145a504de70d
Job Views: 98
Posted: 22.01.2025
Expiry Date: 08.03.2025
Job Description:
Job overview
Contract Type - Permanent
Shift patterns - 5 days over 7 days, to include weekends and Bank Holidays
Base - York - Acute Patient
Are you a strong team player, kind, friendly and motivated? Then we may have the role for you!
York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management (YTHFM) are looking for an approachable and flexible Catering Services Operative to join our team in York. Experience is not necessary as full training will be given, but a willingness to learn and develop your skills is essential.
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 and on Bank Holidays.
Working for our organisation
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 £11.45
* 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% ( £16.14 per hour) or all time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight) – time plus 83% ( £20.95 per hour)
* Fantastic discounts for staff, including local restaurants and shops
* Uniform is provided
* DBS check is funded by the organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
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: yhs-tr.
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 Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
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.
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.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
* 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
* BICSc Qualification/NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning/Catering or equivalent
Experience & Knowledge
* Able to understand and follow written and verbal instructions
* Able to read, write and converse in English
* 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
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