Catering Assistant | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Food Safety level 2 certificate

• To provide a customer focused service


• To organise, deliver, develop and improve the catering service throughout the Trust


• Ensure efficient management of all catering services


• Ensure compliance with all legislation relating to risk management and security


• Ensure compliance with all legislation relating to food safety management


• Basic preparation of food items, service to patient and other meals and functions


• Assist with cooking and regeneration of food as appropriate


• Cleaning of structures, equipment and meal service components as specialised in work instructions


• Store keeping including, checking deliveries, storage and stock rotation


• At times to operate without the direct guidance of a team leader


• Ensure a secure working environment for patients, visitors and staff


• Promote and maintain point of sale, e.g counter and vending machines


• Undertake all aspects of the Cash handling process


The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

The ideal candidate will have a "Can do attitude" flexible and will be a team player who has experience working in a busy kitchen environment.

The ideal candidate should have good customer care skills and experience of working in a kitchen/coffee shop/restaurant., Disability Confident
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From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

• CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate


• SAFETY that is of the highest standards


• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful


• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable


• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients


Our achievements include:

• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018


• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)


• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme