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Catering Assistant

Job Posted: 14 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire

Expire in: 14 days

Job Description

Host | Catering Assistant | Leeds | Private Hospital | Flexible working hours 0 hour | Excellent benefits
Spire Leeds Hospital is currently looking for an experienced Catering Assistant to join their hospitality team on a bank/ad-hoc basis
Contract type: Bank/Zero-hour
As Catering Assistant, you will be responsible t o provide a quality food and beverage service to patients, staff and visitors and maintain a high standard of cleanliness throughout all areas of the hospital.
Duties and responsibilities (not limited):
  * Responsible for taking meal orders from patients and visitors on a daily basis
  * Observe all dietary requirements as identified on nurses list and ensure patient's menu choice is compatible
  * Identifying and correctly dealing with any patient allergies when taking orders and ensuring this is communicated to the kitchen following the correct process
  * Responsible for the service (including clearing and washing) of food and beverages to patients, visitors and staff
  * Responsible for offering and serving refreshments before and after a meal and as required at patients or visitors requests
  * Responsible for washing, drying and putting away of returned trays, crockery, cutlery and glassware
  * Ensures the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene within the pantry in compliance with hygiene training
  * Ensures cleaning jobs are completed and signed for in accordance with cleaning schedules and procedures
Who we're looking for:
  * Whilst no formal qualifications are required you must be able to communicate with other members of staff and patients clearly and your personal appearance must be of a high standard, expected in a professional healthcare environment
  * Experience of working in a similar role, in a customer facing environment
  * Ability to work evenings and possibly some weekends
  * Good communication skills
  * Ability to establish rapport with all customers
  * Able to work as part of a team
  * Ability to work on own initiative and with a methodical approach to work
  * Maintains high standards
Benefits:
We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
  * Bank colleagues are paid weekly
  * We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
  * Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
  * Access to Spire Healthcare pension
  * Access to Blue Light Card
  * Free uniform
  * Free DBS
  * Full induction, including mandatory training updates
  * Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
  * Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together
Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue.
From 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

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