Catering Assistant Band 2

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We are seeking an enthusiastic and hardworking Catering Assistant to join our friendly dedicated catering team at Victoria Hospital.

The role is a 12 hour a week position Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 1600-1900.

Working weekends attracts a higher rate of pay.

As a Catering Assistant you will help prepare sandwiches and salads. You will also help to prepare meals, hot/cold snacks that are served to our staff. You will also be required to carry out other general kitchen duties including cleaning of the kitchen.

Catering Assistants within the hospital have a key role in maintaining a high standard of meal provision to patients and make a valuable contribution in the wider care team that supports patients during their time in hospital. You should have good organisational and communication skills, be flexible in your approach to work whilst demonstrating an ability to work using your own initiative and work as part of a team.

Employment in this post requires a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Amanda Dowling, Senior Cook, 01202 856483

Our vision is to be Better Every Day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

Our behaviours bring our values to life and constantly remind us that how we do things at Dorset HealthCare is as important as what we do. They are:

• Proactive

• Positive

• Respectful

• Supportive

• Reliable and Trustworthy

  Our staff benefits:

• Dedicated career pathways

• Opportunities for continuing professional development

• An excellent preceptorship programme for newly qualified Nurses and AHP’s

• Comprehensive and structured induction programme and training

• Monthly pay plus enhancements for night, weekend and bank holiday working

• NHS Pension scheme

• Health & Wellbeing service

• Holiday pay of up to 33 days plus bank holidays pro rata, dependent on service

• NHS discounts

• Trust beach huts located along the famous Sandbanks coastline

• Salary sacrifice scheme including:

  • Work related learning

  • Childcare vouchers and buying and selling of annual leave

  • Car and Cycle scheme

  • Home technology equipment

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies early due to an exceptional response - please apply as soon as possible and refer to the Applicants Recruitment Flowchart.

After applying via NHS Jobs your application will be imported into our preferred third party recruitment system, TRAC. All information about your application will come from apps.trac.jobs. You won’t be able to track progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to Dorset HealthCare transferring the information contained in the application to Trac and accept a privacy notice under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Applicants who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Further guidance can be found on the gov.uk website.