Catering Assistant - Liverpool Women's Hospital

**Please note this is a full time position, working hours are as follow:

08.30am - 16:30pm working Monday to Friday

This is an exciting time to join our Catering Team for the NHS at Liverpool Women's Hospital.

We have available post working within our ward kitchens, ensuring that we provide an excellent food and patient experience.

If you are looking for a rewarding role working within our wards and you have the following skills please apply.

Good communication (written & verbal)

Approachable

Organised

Reliable

Regeneration of food

Plating and service of cold and hot food items with meal delivery to patients, including service of condiments.

Probing and recording food temperatures. Recording of equipment temperatures.

Beverage service to patients. Washing and refilling of patient’s water jugs and beakers.

To take the patient orders and communicate the requirements to the catering department.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool Women's Hospital Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

To provide a localised catering service observing health, safety and hygiene procedures and maintaining high standards in all aspects.

To deliver good principles of customer care ensuring helpfulness, awareness and compassion to patients, visitors, staff and colleagues.

Regeneration of chilled/frozen food and preparation of sauces.

Preparation of patient meal trays.

Plating and service of cold and hot food items with meal delivery to patients, including service of condiments.

Probing and recording food temperatures. Recording of equipment temperatures.

Beverage service to patients. Washing and refilling of patient’s water jugs and beakers.

To take the patient orders and communicate the requirements to the catering department.

Clearing of meal trays, crockery and cutlery for all food areas.

Collection, segregation and disposal of catering waste materials.

Cleaning duties within the kitchen and other associated areas in accordance with departmental cleaning schedules to include equipment, work surfaces crockery and cutlery.

Ordering and receipt of goods from the main catering production unit in accordance with the agreed stock requirements ensuring adequate stock levels are maintained.

Completion of catering department procedural paperwork such as temperature checks and monitoring.

To undertake training as required to fulfil this role and any further training which will enhance both personal effectiveness and also the delivery of high standards of service.

To work co-operatively with colleagues as part of the team and perform additional duties as and when directed by the catering supervisor.