Catering Assistant

An opportunity has arisen within the Catering Department at The Freeman Hospital for a Part Time Catering Assistant to work as a part of our team working in the Freeman Kitchen on our patients side of the operation, as a part of the team you will also be responsible for the cleanliness of the department in line with food hygiene regulations and trust policies and plating of the food for patients.

Working, Mondays to Friday,

• Working on the patient belt plating up food for patients before going to the ward.


• Working in the dishwasher area, stripping the plates and putting them through a dishwasher when trolleys return from the wards.


• some food preparation may be required


• Emptying of bins and removing rubbish from department.


• General cleaning duties within the department.


• At all times following food hygiene and trust policy regulations.
  
  Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.


We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.