Catering Housekeeper - HillingdonNHS

Job summary

Catering Assistant

37.5 hours per week

Monday - Sunday 5 over 7

Flexible hours mix of early and late shifts

Job Overview:

Our Facilities department provide a range of support services across the Hospital including catering cleaning and housekeeping. These services help play a vital role in ensuring all areas of our hospital achieve excellent standards of cleanliness, catering and hygiene. We are now recruiting housekeepers to join our friendly and professional team.

For this role you will need some previous experience of working in either a catering or housekeeping role as well as excellent communication (verbal and written) and customer service skills. Basic food hygiene and COSHH knowledge is desirable but not essential. It is also important that you are able to work on your own initiative.

Please note that this vacancy may close early due to the amount of applications we receive.

Main duties of the job

Our Housekeepers work on our hospital wards with responsibility for monitoring and maintaining our high standards of cleanliness and catering including:

• assisting patients with appropriate meal selections
• to serve patient meals, hot and cold beverages and snacks at scheduled intervals throughout the day and to respond to ad-hoc requirements.
• monitoring and maintaining ward kitchen cleanliness and ensuring its clean and tidy at all times

To be responsible, where able, for ensuring that the patient's individual needs are met and to work as an integral part of the ward team.

Job description

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

About us

At Hillingdon Hospital, our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country and to put compassionate care, safety and quality at the heart of everything we do. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff who are our most valuable asset.

You are advised to read the attached job description and person specification before you submit you're on line application.

We offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities (5% discount for staff) and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities.

Please note that applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.