Central Production Kitchen Stores and Kitchen porter

Northampton General Hospital has an excellent opportunity for a Stores and Kitchen Porter to join our catering team. This role is essential to the smooth delivery of patient food services and supports the work of our chefs in the Central Production Kitchen.
As Kitchen and Stores Porter, you will:
+ Be responsible for the transportation of food between patient catering kitchens and wards.
+ Carry out date labelling and stock rotation to ensure food safety and compliance.
+ Assist with a variety of tasks within the kitchen environment to support daily operations.
· The receipt, storage, and distribution of goods, maintaining accurate records
· Receive and check deliveries, ensuring quality, quantity, and accuracy against invoices.
We are looking for someone who is:
+ Responsible, punctual, and flexible, with a strong work ethic.
+ Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and work effectively as part of a team.
+ Committed to maintaining high standards of hygiene and supporting patient care through safe food handling.
This is a vital role within our catering service, delivering patient essentials to ward and playing a pivotal role in meal delivery., The post holder's main duties will include, but are not limited to:
+ Food Safety & Compliance
+ Demonstrate awareness of Food Safety and work to the highest standards in both quality and hygiene.
+ Follow Food Safety and Health and Safety compliance, ensuring all Codes of Practice for Health, Hygiene, Safety, COSHH, and HACCP are adhered to.
+ Maintain thorough knowledge of food safety procedures, cleaning techniques, and standards within the kitchens.
+ Maintain thorough knowledge of food safety procedures, cleaning techniques, and standards within the kitchens.
+ Cleaning & Hygiene
+ Carry out cleaning duties to maintain hygiene levels across food production areas, ancillary rooms, fridges, and catering equipment.
+ Clean floors, surfaces, and machinery in line with departmental cleaning schedules.
+ Ensure all areas remain in a clean and hygienic state throughout production and service
Please review job description for further information, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is on an exciting journey with all of our divisions committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN). As part of this collaborative approach, there may be a requirement for you to work across both the Kettering and Northampton hospital sites, depending on the needs of the service.
Our Excellence Values
+ Compassion
+ Accountability
+ Respect
+ Integrity
+ Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across UHN and help to unleash everyone's full potential.
UHN encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for UHN., The post holder's main duties will include, but are not limited to:
Food Safety & Compliance
Demonstrate awareness of Food Safety and work to the highest standards in both quality and hygiene.
Follow Food Safety and Health and Safety compliance, ensuring all Codes of Practice for Health, Hygiene, Safety, COSHH, and HACCP are adhered to.
Maintain thorough knowledge of food safety procedures, cleaning techniques, and standards within the kitchens.
Maintain thorough knowledge of food safety procedures, cleaning techniques, and standards within the kitchens.
Cleaning & Hygiene
Carry out cleaning duties to maintain hygiene levels across food production areas, ancillary rooms, fridges, and catering equipment.
Clean floors, surfaces, and machinery in line with departmental cleaning schedules.
Ensure all areas remain in a clean and hygienic state throughout production and service.
Training & Procedures
Undertake on-the-job training and ensure all mandatory and job-specific training is completed and kept up to date.
Follow Trust-wide, Directorate, and Departmental procedures at all times.
Protective Clothing & Safe Practices
Wear protective clothing in line with policy.
Use approved safe methods when lifting and handling to prevent injury.
Workload & Organisation
Prioritise workload with minimal supervision, arranging tasks to achieve daily and weekly goals.
Provide support to other departmental areas when required.
Transportation & Stock Control
Safely transport food from the Central Production Kitchen to the Barratt Kitchen, returning empty trollies as required.
Deliver stock to ward kitchens across the Trust
Operate electric transportation vehicles in line with Trust policies.
Ensure correct storage, labelling, and rotation of chilled, dry, and frozen produce.
Reporting & Communication
Report any work difficulties or potential hazards, such as equipment defects, promptly to the line manager.
Lead by example, conducting yourself in a respectful and professional manner.
Maintain a pleasant, customer-focused attitude always.
Other Duties
Complete any other reasonable tasks as identified by the Senior Management Team to support catering services.
At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That's why we talk about Team NGH. It's all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.