Catering Assistant - Liverpool Women's Hospital

• To provide a localised catering service observing health, safety and hygiene procedures and maintaining high standards in all aspects. • To deliver good principles of customer care ensuring helpfulness, awareness and compassion to patients, visitors, staff and colleagues. • Regeneration of chilled/frozen food and preparation of sauces. • Preparation of patient meal trays. • Plating and service of cold and hot food items with meal delivery to patients, including service of condiments. • Probing and recording food temperatures. Recording of equipment temperatures. • Beverage service to patients. Washing and refilling of patients water jugs and beakers. • To take the patient orders and communicate the requirements to the catering department. • Clearing of meal trays, crockery and cutlery for all food areas. • Collection, segregation and disposal of catering waste materials. • Cleaning duties within the kitchen and other associated areas in accordance with departmental cleaning schedules to include equipment, work surfaces crockery and cutlery. • Ordering and receipt of goods from the main catering production unit in accordance with the agreed stock requirements ensuring adequate stock levels are maintained. • Completion of catering department procedural paperwork such as temperature checks and monitoring. • To undertake training as required to fulfil this role and any further training which will enhance both personal effectiveness and also the delivery of high standards of service. • To work co-operatively with colleagues as part of the team and perform additional duties as and when directed by the catering supervisor. Job description Job responsibilities • To provide a localised catering service observing health, safety and hygiene procedures and maintaining high standards in all aspects. • To deliver good principles of customer care ensuring helpfulness, awareness and compassion to patients, visitors, staff and colleagues. • Regeneration of chilled/frozen food and preparation of sauces. • Preparation of patient meal trays. • Plating and service of cold and hot food items with meal delivery to patients, including service of condiments. • Probing and recording food temperatures. Recording of equipment temperatures. • Beverage service to patients. Washing and refilling of patients water jugs and beakers. • To take the patient orders and communicate the requirements to the catering department. • Clearing of meal trays, crockery and cutlery for all food areas. • Collection, segregation and disposal of catering waste materials. • Cleaning duties within the kitchen and other associated areas in accordance with departmental cleaning schedules to include equipment, work surfaces crockery and cutlery. • Ordering and receipt of goods from the main catering production unit in accordance with the agreed stock requirements ensuring adequate stock levels are maintained. • Completion of catering department procedural paperwork such as temperature checks and monitoring. • To undertake training as required to fulfil this role and any further training which will enhance both personal effectiveness and also the delivery of high standards of service. • To work co-operatively with colleagues as part of the team and perform additional duties as and when directed by the catering supervisor.