Come and join our team at Parexel’s Early Phase Clinical Unit in Harrow as a Clinical Catering Assistant. This is a BANK role offering flexible shifts with up to 37.5 hours per week; rotational shifts include weekends.
Our Early Phase Unit is located in Northwick Park Hospital and is staffed around the clock by our highly trained and certified team. It features state-of-the-art monitoring technologies and offers our clinical trial participants a safe and comfortable environment for medical care. Our first-in-human study premises offer recreational facilities for the participants, a screening department, wards, a laboratory, and a pharmacy.
The main purpose of the job is to distribute food and beverages to clinical trial participants and to maintain the catering area.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Providing meals to participants:
* Coordination and ordering food from the caterer for volunteers in cooperation with the study team
* Distribute food and beverages to trial participants according to study protocol and internal requirements
* Supervise volunteers during mealtimes, assisting them with catering requirements as needed
* Ensure menus have macro-nutrients checked by the Dietician
Following study protocol:
* Ensure that the meals are correct (ingredients and macro-nutrients) and distributed as per protocol time
* Document meal and beverage start and stop times when required by a study
* Document beverages distribution times and provided volumes as per source data agreement
* Weigh food before and after when demanded by the study protocol
* Estimate percentage consumption when required by protocol
Maintaining catering area:
* Store food and beverages according to individual storage requirements
* Perform quality controls on expiry dates of stored food and drinks
* Clean and maintain kitchen and equipment
* Maintain stock
* Oversee staff kitchen areas and maintain stock levels as required
Unit support:
* Hospitality set-up and oversee food orders
* Other tasks as deemed necessary by the manager and the needs of the EPCU
Skills & Experience:
* Experience in restaurant or canteen work or equivalent
* Basic English knowledge
* Computer skills (Windows Office)
* Ability to work under pressure and multitask during peak workloads
* Ability to work in shifts (early, late)
* Ability to work on weekends and holidays
* Good communication skills
* Ability to handle and operate kitchen equipment with health and safety in mind
Education:
* A secondary school qualification.
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