Catering Assistant - Airdrie, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland

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Airdrie, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Role:

To work alongside and support new staff in the working environment.

NHS Lanarkshire:

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire.

NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring:

Knowledge of catering standards and related procedures.
Required to undertake on the job training and induction (this will generally take 46 weeks, depending on hours/days worked), to achieve full competency across a range of duties.
Working knowledge Health & Safety including participation in risk assessing individual tasks
Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment
Required to obtain the Elementary Food Hygiene Certificate.
Working knowledge of basic information technology

It would be great if you also have:

SVQ or relevant qualification
Experience within a catering environment
Knowledge of systems and processes e.g. HACCP; manual handling; management of aggression; infection control; COSHH; fire safety; cash handling/reconciliation
Ability to remain calm under pressure
Ability to work shift patterns
Flexible attitude and willing to learn

Contract type:

Permanent

Part Time

30 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

Location and Working Pattern:

This role will be based at
Catering Department within University Hospital Monklands
The working pattern for this role is
:Monday to Friday, 30 hours per week, variable hours

Looking to find out more?:

If you're looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

Why NHS Lanarkshire?:

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Worklife Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling.

This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information:

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description.

If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society.

A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment Website
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