Bank Catering Assistant

Weare looking for a Bank Catering Assistant to join our hardworking, busy and friendly team

Wehave our own dedicated team of Catering Assistants, however from time to timewe require additional team members to ensure we continue to provide a quality service within the Hospice.

Asa Bank Catering Assistant, we will call you to offer occasional shifts, thismay be planned or at short notice, for a full shift or as ad hoc additionalhours, so flexibility and commitment is essential and will include evenings and weekends.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Youwill be required to assist the Head Chef and Cooks in the preparation of foodto the highest standards of hygiene and quality, and to ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen and dining areas.

The ideal candidate will have previous catering experience,and within a healthcare environment would be desirable. You will have excellent customer service skills and be a flexible team player.

StElizabeth Hospice is an independent charity and hospice, which improves lifefor people in the East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney areas living with aprogressive or life-limiting illness.

Established in 1989, the hospice has built a reputation for delivering high-level care to patients and the community it serves. Through medicine and therapy, they easepain; give life purpose and make life liveable. Last year the charity supportedover 4,000 patients and their families.

Thehospices work is centred on the individual's needs and they provide specialist support wherever it is needed; whether that is in the home, another setting inthe community, in hospital or in the hospice itself. Support is provided to patients and their families via the Inpatient Unit, the Community Care Unit including outpatients clinics,home visits from the community nursing, medical or therapy team, the One Call
24/7 telephone helpline and bereavement support

In 2023, St Elizabeth Hospice merged with East Coast Hospice to form a collaborative approach to developing achievable and sustainable specialist palliative care services for people living the Great Yarmouth & Waveney area.

JOB DESCRIPTION CATERING ASSISTANT

REPORTS TO HEAD CHEF

BASED AT ST ELIZABETH HOSPICE

JOB SUMMARY

To assist the Head Chef and Cooks in the preparation of food to the highest standards of hygiene and quality and to ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene inthe kitchen and dining areas.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstratea commitment to keeping adults and young people safe
• Reportany disclosure made to you to the appropriate person
• Reportany safeguarding concerns in the workplace to the appropriate person
• Maintain an awareness of the Hospices policies in relation to safeguarding

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Toassist with the preparation and serving of food.
• Toliaise with in patients and the Community on a daily basis to get their menuchoice advising as necessary on special requirements and dietary needs, andnutrition.
• Toprovide front of house service including to take payment for meals from staffand visitors.
• Responsible for the preparation and cooking of some meals such as breakfasts, jacket potatoes,paninis, sandwiches, pastas, omelettes, soups and desserts.
• Toprovide a front of house service for colleagues and visitors during the dining room open hours.
• Ensurevending machines are replenished as required.
• Toensure that the coffee machines are kept fully stocked.
• Asfar as possible to respond immediately to patient food requests.
• Tooperate various machines and equipment in relation to the preparation of foodand cleaning of the kitchen and dining areas.
• Toclean the catering areas, food trolleys and dining area daily.
• Toremove rubbish etc regularly from the kitchen areas.
• Towash up crockery, cutlery, pans etc as necessary, either with dishwasher ormanually.
• Participate in regular stock takes
• Managedeliveries into the kitchen, ensure kitchen is kept clear and safe at alltimes.
• Toassist with the serving of meals to patients, staff and visitors.
• Tocarry out more in depth cleaning of kitchen areas as scheduled.
• Toassist in ensuring waste within the catering department is kept…