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Facilities Assistant - Catering | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job details
Posting date: 15 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £22,383 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 15 May 2024
Location: Rochdale, OL12 9RD
Company: Pennine Care NHS FT
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6228771/311-H567-23-C

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Summary


The postholder will be part of the catering team working in the main kitchen at Birch Hill Hospital. The role is full time 37.5 hours per week which will include working weekends.

The postholder will support the preparation, distribution and service for
all aspects of food production to service users, staff and visitors at Birch Hill and
Stansfield Place. The postholder will also carry out any associated catering porter
duties, such as washing-up and cleaning food trolleys.
Whilst the Facilities Assistant (Catering) is primarily responsible for delivering the
catering services, the postholder can also train in the portering and domestic services
as part of the wider facilities services delivered at Birch Hill Hospital (BHH). Full
training would be provided to be a fully cross-trained Facilities Assistant at this site

The Facilities Assistant (Catering) will carry out a range of duties to support the quality provision of catering services to service users and staff. The postholder will ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with the Food Safety Policy and HACCP system.



We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.



The Defrosting, portioning, forming, and coating meat and fish and traying-up in
containers; this is including setting-up equipment and wiping down surfaces.
• General preparation of pastry and desserts, including preparing equipment,
weighing, mixing, rolling, operating machines, filling containers and adding
fillings.
• Manual preparation of vegetables by washing, cleaning, peeling, selecting,
dicing and placing in cooking vessel.
• Preparation of vegetables using machine to chop, slice, liquidise and blend.
AFC 6/9/23 JME-224-23 facilities Assistant (Catering) Band 2
• Tending of food on stoves, beating, mixing, blending, checking, testing,
stirring and the loading and unloading of cooking vessels.
• Preparing and making salads and sandwiches.
• Service/serving of patient, staff and function food where required.
• Filling and distributing bulk food containers to patient trolleys and restaurant
service counter, topping up using batch cooking methods.
• Temperature probing of meals and the recording of temperatures in
accordance with Trust policy, ensuring HACCP critical control points are
recorded for each dish produced.
• Ensure that all food and beverage temperatures and quality control sheets are
recorded and stored properly.
• To be familiar with the procedure for handling cash and cashing-up process in
staff restaurant.
• Work in staff restaurant as and when required, including serving food,
preparing food and providing excellent customer service.
• Washing-up, tidying, wiping down and general kitchen porter cleaning tasks.
• Cleaning food trolleys before and after use.
• Taking delivery of stores and putting away as required.
• Ensure cleaning schedules are completed.
• Ensure all COSHH and RAMS documentation is followed at all times in the workplace.


This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024

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