Job summary

Employer heading

Catering Porter

Band 2

Job overview

You will be part of a team that provides meals to our patients. The post holder will be expected to carry out duties that involve the lifting, pulling and pushing of heavy trolleys, cleaning duties, and dealing with waste.

Main duties of the job

Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust is looking to recruit enthusiastic person to join our catering team. The successful applicant would work 37.5 hours week between the hours of 11:30 - 19:30.

You will be part of a team that provides meals to our patients. The post holder will be expected to carry out duties that involve the lifting, pulling and pushing of heavy trolleys, cleaning duties, and dealing with waste. The ability to communicate effectively is essential and applicants will need basic Level 1 in English literacy and numeracy skills or equivalent.

The role involves constant interaction with all other users of the hospital and requires the post holder to be aware of the need to be caring, courteous, respectful, confidential, and customer focused in the delivery of their duties.

Previous experience of working in catering role is desirable.

Days of work for this post will be:-

Three week shift pattern that will include working 2 out of every 3 weekends

Working for our organisation

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighboring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values:

Compassion

Respect

Integrity

Courageous

Accountable

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.                                                                                                                                                               

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

• Educated to basic level in English Literacy and Numeracy
• Educated to level 2 in Food Safety or equivalent

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and service user
• Able to prioritise own workload within policy and guidelines
• Able to work in a pressurised environment
• Able to lift and handle medium loads
• Able to tolerate exposure to hot and cold conditions
• Motivation to improve performance and outcomes
• Able to operate mechanical equipment

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of working in a catering environment

Desirable criteria

• Previous knowledge of health & safety in the workplace
• Knowledge of COSHH
• Knowledge of Food Safety Management Systems (HACCP)

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

• Name
• Michael Dizon
• Job title
• Catering Supervisor
• Email address
• michael.dizon@nhs.net
• Telephone number
• 01536 492088

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