Part Time Food Servery Assistants - Essex

The post holder will be required to work on the wards and within the Patient Meal Service kitchen with appropriate guidelines. You will be required to serve and deliver all food and beverage requirements to patients on the ward, load & deliver trolleys and associated cleaning duties. We would expect the post holder to have excellent organisational and communication skills and work well under pressure whilst delivering excellent customer care to our patients.

• To ensure that at the end of every meal and beverage service that all cutlery, crockery and condiments are removed from the patient area and correctly stored, disposed of or stacked ready for washing.
• To wash equipment/utensils used in the preparation, regeneration, and serving of food and beverages (some items are to be returned to the main catering department)
• To maintain the ward kitchen hygiene standards, ensuring it is clean and tidy at all times. To ensure good practice in relation to the stock rotation and the discarding of out of date food.
• To monitor and record fridge temperatures daily in accordance with food safety regulations and report problems as appropriate.
• To ensure refrigerated food is labelled and stored correctly as per procedure
• Ensure all patients meals are accurate and served in a timely manner.

Please note: all staff being recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Divisions when service demands require it.

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• Access to free vocational qualifications
• Paid DBS application
• Free parking
• Healthcare cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car lease scheme
• Life cover
• 35 days annual leave, increasing to 41 after 10 years' service
• Sickness policy on par with the NHS
• Pension