Facilities Assistant - Catering

To provide a catering service to patients on 3 wards within Lings Bar Hospital

As a Facilities Assistant (Catering), you will play a vital role in supporting patient wellbeing by providing a high-quality catering service across three hospital wards. You will ensure patients receive meals, drinks, and refreshments in a professional, friendly, and caring manner while maintaining exceptional hygiene and cleanliness standards within ward kitchen environments.

To ensure compliance with the Catering Food Safety Manual, Trust policies and procedures and to the Food Safety Act and Food Hygiene Regulations.

Please note applicants willbe required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £15 per year applies.

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Essential: - Basic Knowledge of Health and Safety

Desirable: - Knowledge and awareness of special diets and allergens; - Basic understanding of infection control; - Understanding of the responsibility relating to H&S at work and COSHH; - Knowledge of manual handling; - Knowlwedge of NHS policy and procedures; - Basic Knowledge of food safety

Essential: - An understanding of cleanliness and good hygiene practices

Desirable: - Recognised, support services qualification

Essential: - Good communication skills; - Basic numeracy and literacy skills; - Ability to use own initiative to manage the requirements of the job; - Flexible in managing own time and work duties; - Ability to work alone and as part of a team

Essential: - Able to carry out instructions and duties as detailed in the job description

Desirable: - Experience or working within a catering, cleaning or portering environment; - Experience of working within healthcare environment which may include: a catering, cleaning or portering function.; - Experience of working within a food safety management system (HACCP)

Essential: - Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties

Essential: - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork; - All staff should be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation

Essential: - Shift flexibility may be required from time to time, including weekend and Bank Holidays; - Requirement to attend mandatory and job specific training; - Comply to Personal Appearance Standards and Personal Protective Equipment (Staff Uniform)