Job summary
Volunteer to Career Catering Support Volunteer
Keswick Community Hospital
What is the Volunteer to Career (VtC) programme?
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust have partnered up with Inspira, who are leading employability experts providing free professional careers and advice and guidance across Cumbria to deliver the Volunteer to Career Programme. This initiative aims to address staffing shortages in the NHS by actively encouraging volunteers to pursue a career in Healthcare.
The programme is funded from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and this therefore only open to applicants who reside in the Cumberland Council boundary.
Who is eligible to apply for the VtC programme? The VtC programme is open to anyone who is interested in a career within Health and Social Care.
Volunteers should be able to commit for at least 60 hours for a minimum of 7 months, be over 18 years old, have the right to work in the UK and be ready to go through recruitment checks and training requirements. What is the purpose of the role?
The role of catering support volunteers will be to help create a friendly, welcoming and helpful environment at our food outlets across North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
All catering volunteers if they have not already completed the course, will be required to do the level 1 food hygiene course which gives basic food safety knowledge.
Location: Keswick Community Hospital
Main duties of the job
1. Assisting stocking up the counters with cold snacks, pops, crisps, crocks and cutlery
2. Wiping dining tables, straightening the chairs, removing debris and trays to tray clearing trolleys, generally assisting with keeping the dining area clean and tidy
3. Alerting catering staff of any spillages
4. Assisting customers taking their meals to the tables particularly those with mobility issues
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
5. Being a clinically led organisation
6. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
7. A positive patient experience every time
8. A great place to work
9. Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
The Trust will provide a preceptorship period for all newly registered healthcare professionals.
Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.
10. Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
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