Special Feeds Unit Milk Technician
Closed for applications on: 9-Oct-2025 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 9-Oct-2025 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Royal Brompton Hospital
- Address
- Sydney St
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SW3 6NP
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (Temporary - for 9 months)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £30,074 p.a. inclusive of HCA (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 2)
Specialty
- Main area
- Special Feeds Unit Milk Technician
- Interview date
- 03/11/2025
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 2, Special Feeds Unit Milk Technician, to work under strict instruction from our Paediatric Dietitians for our children in Rose ward, PHDU (Paediatric High Dependency) and PICU (Paediatric Intensive Care Unit).
We are looking for a dynamic individual who has the enthusiasm for working within a team to support the wider inpatient area. Candidates must have a reliable work record and the desire to learn and further develop their skills. You will need to be self-motivated, good IT skills.
You will be required to pay great attention to detail and have the ability to work under pressure providing high standards of care. You must have great communication skills, be punctual, have a smart appearance, be professional and polite.
Closing Date: 08/10/2025
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Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and reflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job main duties:
- To ensure the very highest standard of care for every child.
- To prepare feeds for babies and children who have special nutritional needs.
- To develop professional relationships with Rose ward, PHDU and PICU and other departments that are involved in the care of the child patient.
- To communicate at a high level in the multi-disciplinary team, especially dietetics.
- A keen interest in catering.
We believe that the needs of the individual child are central to their well-being. We acknowledge the importance of the family to their child and work in partnership with them to provide the best possible care in a safe and caring manner. We will treat those families as we would wish to be treated ourselves; always providing the highest quality of care to all.
Working for our organisation
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- To work in the SFU under the supervision and instruction of the SFU manager and Dietitians.
- To follow detailed policies and procedures for the preparation of special feeds.
- To undertake a training schedule to achieve competence in all areas of the diet service following the written instructions of the dietitian.
- To make special formulas to a high degree of accuracy, according dietitian prescription (in the EDM 3000), print out the checklist and load prepared feeds onto the delivery trolleys against the checklist.
- To be responsible for the safe use of equipment in the SFU e.g. electronic scales, dishwashers, blast chiller.
- Daily temperature record of the fridges, the freezers, and the Blast chiller.
- To be actively responsible for the stock feeds and equipment in the SFU and Level 4 Milk Kitchen.
- To help with incoming deliveries of orders and ensure correct storage, stock control and rotation and report any shortages to the manager/dietitian/ Paediatric Clinical Assistant Practitioner.
- To follow relevant policies and procedures to unsure safe preparation of 24-hour batches of specialist powder formulas and feeds.
- To provide information to ward staff over the telephone and face to face regarding queries about SFU procedures.
- To liaise with other hospital departments to ensure the smooth running of the SFU e.g. works department and supplies department.
- To have a polite and helpful manner when dealing with members of the public and hospital staff who use our services.
- To assist with daily cleaning duties.
- To report any hazards in respect of the Health and Safety at Work policy to your manager or ward sister.
- To demonstrate any aspect of duties and responsibilities to new staff and be involved in training new staff, as directed by the SFU Manager.
- To perform any other reasonable duties as requested by the SFU Manager.
- To undertake an annual appraisal and complete an annual Personal Development Plan.
This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. It will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the post holder.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Educated to GCSE or equivalent level
Desirable criteria
- • Infant nutrition course
- • City & Guilds 706/1 706/2 or equivalent NVQ
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Understanding about the importance of optimal nutrition in the wellbeing of children
Desirable criteria
- • Catering in an institution
- • Basic Food Hygiene certificate
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Basic numeracy and literary skills
- • Attention to detail, ability to work accurately
- • Basic keyboard skills
- • Ability to work within a team and independently
- • Flexible
- • Able to work under pressure
- • Punctual
- • Smart appearance
- • Pleasant disposition
- • Excellent communication
- • Caring nature, enthusiastic, assertive attitude, and positive change agent
Additional information
Essential criteria
- • Accountability – Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working
- • Openness – Shares information and good practice appropriately
- • Mutual respect – Treats others with courtesy and respect at all times
- • Reliable work record
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ana Pereira
- Job title
- Rose Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0207 352 8121
- Additional information
Clare Pheasant
Rose Ward Sister
Contact: 0207 352 8121 and extension 2269
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