Catering Assistant - Wigan, United Kingdom - Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Wigan, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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The Catering Department are looking to recruit a Catering Assistant, working 15 hours per week (Monday - Friday).

You will work as part of a busy team working to tight timescales.

You will be required to provide a trolley service to offer our patients a selection of reading material such as newspapers, confectionery and general refreshments.

Completion of audit forms associated with food safety, financial policy & procedures will be required.

Choose Well - Choose WWL


Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas.

At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.


WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity.

With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call


Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.


  • Work to standard operational procedures.
  • Preparation of food, this could be within high risk chilled areas, to specified recipes
  • Ensuring labelling of products is correct eg product name dates.
  • After training could be required to produce cooked foods e.g. soups, gravy, fried, bacon etc.
  • Performance of duties in accordance with approved methods, frequencies and standards, adhering to strict food safety standards.
  • Meeting deadlines for production of meals as part of a team.
  • May be required to take patient menu choices at ward level, offer alternatives where required.
  • Required to serve meals at ward level to patients, or in retail outlets to staff & visitors, occasional delivery of buffets & functions outside the Department.
  • Use of equipment, machinery and cleaning materials once trained, ability to spot defects with fabric or machinery and report to Supervisor.
  • Significant cleaning duties are associated with this post including cleaning of pans, cutlery, crockery, machinery, cooking equipment and floors walls and work surfaces.
  • Recording temperatures and other key audit requirements onto the appropriate monitoring forms, reporting to Supervisors where particularly temperatures may be outside required limits.
  • Have high standards of personal Hygiene and follow the Departmental uniform code of practice
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