Catering Assistant
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
WHITCHURCH, SY13 1NT
Salary
£25,272
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 September 2026
12 days left
Job description
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- Ensuring a good standard of quality control during preparations, cooking and despatch of food. This will include documentation of the process in accordance with a safe food system.
- To prepare special diets.
- Serving meals and taking of cash for dining room till whenever necessary.
- Responsible for practising good hygiene in regard to all aspects of the working of a catering department and including the maintenance of a good standard of personal hygiene
- Assisting with the washing/drying up at lunch time.
- Ensuring that all freezers/fridges are cleaned and defrosted regularly.
- To complete food orders when required
- Assisting with ward stores order.
- To be responsible for the induction and training of new catering staff and that all training is documented.
- Responsible for taking receipt of goods and putting away in the appropriate area's
- Accepting and checking delivery of goods as necessary.
- The handling of money and filling in the appropriate form.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Trainning and Qualifications
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate good numeracy and literacy skills.
- Food Hygiene Certificate - Level 2
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable previous commercial catering experience
Knowlegde and Skills
Essential
- General awareness of safety in the workplace, Be able to follow Instruction and prioritise workload
- Good communicational skills
- Ability to prioritise work
- Good Organisational skills
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
5 September 2026
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