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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) officially attained Teaching Hospital status on 1st April 2020; this is the start of our ambition to achieve University Teaching Hospital status. Supported by Edge Hill University, the University of Bolton and the University of Central Lancashire, with approval from regulators NHS Improvement/England and the Department of Health and Social Care, from the 1st April 2020, the Trust will now be known as Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL).
Attaining Teaching Hospital status enables WWL to further enhance education and training capacity, grow research capability and improve the recruitment and retention of high quality staff across all professions. Ultimately, this will result in a positive impact on the quality of care and outcomes for patients.
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Catering Assistant
Accepting applications until: 22-Dec-2025 08:00
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 22-Dec-2025 08:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
- Address
- Wigan Lane
- Town
- Wigan
- Postcode
- WN1 2NN
- Major / Minor Region
- Lancashire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 2)
Specialty
- Main area
- Catering
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
The Catering Department are looking to recruit 4 Catering Assistants.
1 x 30 hour posts, working 2.00 pm-8.00 pm. Working 5 weekend out of 7.
The successful candidate will need to provide colleague cover when required.
The rota pattern will be explained on interview.
This is an excellent opportunity to join the NHS and help to provide an excellent meal service to the patients of Wigan Infirmary. There are many fantastic opportunities for development and progression within the Catering Department. The successful candidates should be enthusiastic and will enjoy being part of this dynamic team delivering a high-quality service.
Please note that this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage interested candidates to apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
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You will work as part of a busy team working to tight timescales.
You will be required to undertake a wide range of duties including food preparation, cleaning and meal service duties within the kitchens, and retail outlets.
Completion of audit forms associated with food safety; financial policy & procedures will be required.
Working for our organisation
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Good basic salary plus an attractive package of benefits which include:
- Excellent Pension & Life Assurance Package (over 20% employer contribution)
- Excellent annual leave entitlements 27 to 33 days per annum dependent upon service.
- Birthday Leave.
- Paid occupational maternity, paternity, and adoption leave dependent upon service.
- Training opportunities and eLearning resources.
- Health and wellbeing support.
- Career Progression opportunities within Estates & Facilities and the NHS.
- Access to salary sacrifice schemes for items such as lease vehicles and buy a bike schemes.
- NHS Discount schemes to access hundreds of discounts and savings from everything to High Street Stores to restaurants, family holidays and more.
- Long Service Awards.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Work to standard operational procedures.
· Preparation of food, this could be within high-risk chilled areas, to specified recipes
· Ensuring labelling of products is correct e.g. product name dates.
· After training could be required to produce cooked foods e.g. soups, gravy, fried, bacon etc.
· Performance of duties in accordance with approved methods, frequencies and standards, adhering to strict food safety standards.
· Meeting deadlines for production of meals as part of a team.
· May be required to take patient menu choices at ward level, offer alternatives where required.
· Required to serve meals at ward level to patients, or in retail outlets to staff & visitors, occasional delivery of buffets & functions outside the Department.
· Use of equipment, machinery and cleaning materials once trained, ability to spot defects with fabric or machinery and report to Supervisor.
· Significant cleaning duties are associated with this post including cleaning of pans, cutlery, crockery, machinery, cooking equipment and floors walls and work surfaces.
· Recording temperatures and other key audit requirements onto the appropriate monitoring forms, reporting to Supervisors where particularly temperatures may be outside required limits.
· Have high standards of personal Hygiene and follow the Departmental uniform code of practice.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- No formal qualifications are required: an induction period, on the job instruction & additional training will be given on Food handling and cleaning. This will include COSHH training/ minor cooking skills and attendance at a CIEHO Food Safety level II course as a requirement.
Desirable criteria
- CIEHO Level II Food Safety Qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience not required.
Desirable criteria
- Previous Catering Experience.
- Previous Cooking Experience.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic literacy and numeracy required.
- Ability to record information onto forms, ability to work as a team.
- An understanding of working to deadlines.
- Willingness to learn new skills during training.
Desirable criteria
- Previous use of cleaning machinery, Dishwashing or machinery or other Catering equipment.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of how important food safety is.
- An awareness of the hospital and what activities occur.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the Hospital site, or Catering Department.
Additional
Essential criteria
- Working unsociable hours, mobility to meet requirements of the service. to provide cover for colleagues, Could be expected to work in cold rooms , hot and noisy environments, The criteria below is mandatory and is to be included for all roles which involve regular interaction with the public. Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, ie; with confidence and accuracy using correct sentence structures and vocabulary without t to provide the cover for colleagues , Could be expected to work in cold rooms , hot and noisy
- Flexibility to provide cover for colleagues.
- Could be expected to work in cold rooms, hot & noisy environments.
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mike Estwick
- Job title
- Assistant Catering Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01942 822742
- Additional information
Ben Bailey
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- Buckingham Row
- Brick Kiln Lane
- Wigan
- WN1 1XX
- Telephone
- 07786529393
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