Band 2 Ward Catering Operative

Are you looking for part time hours? The Catering department at University Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham are recruiting for Ward Catering Operatives with the following hours available

• Monday to Friday 20 Hours (16:00 - 20:00)
• Saturday & Sunday 8 Hours (16:00 - 20:00)

In addition to the above permanent roles flexible working is available via UHB+

The post holder will be required to work across the hospital sites as part of their shift pattern

• Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2GW
• Norman Power Centre, Ladywood Rd, Birmingham, B16 8JJ

The successful applicant will need an independent means of transport (car, bus or rail) to travel to each location.

The role as a Ward Catering Operative you will be providing a quality food service and beverages to our patients at ward level.

You will also be responsible for kitchen cleaning and the standards of Hygiene within the kitchens at ward level and ensuring that the service complies with Food Safety legislation.

You will ensure that high quality Food Hygiene and cleaning standards are maintained at all times.

All candidates will work within team teams based at ward level and will need good communication skills to maintain working relationships within the team and present a positive and professional image to patients and visitors.

Provide high quality food and beverage service to all patients and customers following department process.

To ensure codes of practice for HACCP and food safety are followed as per site training.

Temperatures of regenerated cooked foods are recorded, along with chilled and frozen storage using the designated HACCP sheets.

Communicate menus and offer to patient & ward teams and customers.

Maintain excellent personal hygiene and uniform standards.

Identify and report faults as required to department supervisors or leads.

Maintain excellent cleaning standards within the working area following cleaning schedules supplied.

Check dates and rotation of food accordingly within working area.

Handling cleaning chemicals in accordance with COSHH and training provided.

Be flexible in rotation of work from and a can do attitude

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

• Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
• Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. We do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://birminghamandsolihullcovidvaccine.nhs.uk where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Please note for further details on Band 2 Ward Catering Operative please see attached job description

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE Equivalent in English and Maths

Basic Food Hygiene Certification or willingness to undertake in the induction period

Desirable

*********Higher Catering Education

*********Other Education

*********Relevant Catering qualifications

Experience

Essential

********************************Previous Catering Work Experience***************************************

Desirable

*****************************Previous Hospital or Care Experience***************************************

Additional Criteria

Essential

Good Basic Education

Team worker

Good communication in English, both written and oral.

Ability to work on own initiative

Previous Catering experience - Desirable

C.I.E.H Food Hygiene Level 2 - Desirable

Full Driving Licence - Desirable

For further details, please contact Kieran Langan on Kieran.Langan@uhb.nhs.uk

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.