Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Catering Assistant
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About The Role
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is a leading healthcare provider committed to delivering exceptional patient care. Our catering department plays a vital role in ensuring the well-being of our patients, staff, and visitors.
Duties
As a Catering Assistant, you will be responsible for providing high-quality food and beverage services within our hospital. Your duties will include:
- Preparing and serving meals to patients, staff, and visitors
- Maintaining a clean and hygienic working environment
- Assisting in food preparation and cooking
- Adhering to food safety and hygiene regulations
- Providing excellent customer service
Requirements
- Previous experience in a catering or food service environment is preferred but not essential
- Strong work ethic and commitment to providing excellent service
- Ability to work well under pressure and as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills
- Basic food hygiene certification
We have 3 full-time positions available working 5 days over 7 with variable shifts between the hours of 06.30 am and 19.00 pm, 37.5 hours per week.
If you are passionate about providing exceptional food service and are looking for a rewarding career in healthcare, we encourage you to apply.
Please be aware that this advert may close early, it is wise therefore to submit your application without delay
Please note that this role is not on the Home Office list of occupations eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.
Previous applicants need not apply
Main Duties
Working as part of a team, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the food preparation and serving areas for patients, staff, and visitors.
- A willingness to work in other areas of the catering department is essential to ensure continuity of service.
- Ensuring that food hygiene legislation and the Trusts Food Safety Policy (HACCP) are adhered to at all times.
- The hygienic handling of food products in accordance with food hygiene legislation and the Trust Food Safety Policy (HACCP)
- Observation of statutory and Trust food hygiene regulations.
- The post holder will provide a food service to wards and the staff restaurant under the guidance of supervisors to patients/restaurants within the hospital.
- Regeneration of patient food using equipment as trained.
- To observe portion control guidance.
- Serving patient/staff meals in an appetising and attractive manner.
- Ensure that food products are correctly regenerated according to instruction.
- Taking and recording of food temperatures and seeking further instruction where these are outside appropriate temperature limits.
- To be involved in the general cleaning following the appropriate cleaning schedules.
- Appropriate disposal of waste in accordance with instruction.
- Check stock deliveries into the catering department and complete the appropriate documentation.
- Ensure stock is dated and stock rotation procedures are observed.
- Complies with health and safety regulations.
- Observes the quality control procedure within the catering department.
- Ensure that personal appearance, conduct, and customer care are of the highest standard.
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Qualifications
Level Two Food Hygiene Certificate or IEHO (Basic Food Hygiene Certificate)
Experience
Previous experience of working in a commercial catering environment
Allergen Training
Knowledge and Awareness
An awareness of all regulatory catering hygiene requirements.
Skills and Abilities
- Good food preparation skills
- Able to follow written and given instruction
Be Part of MY Team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
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We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training, and support
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