Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 19 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-CO04495
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £24,169 pa pr
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Catering Storeman
Band 2
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
University Hospitals Dorset (formally Bournemouth & Poole Hospitals) is seeking a friendly, hardworking and trustworthy person on the Bournemouth Site, who can work within a busy stores environment within a Catering dept/team to provide freshly cooked food to our patients and staff.
As a member of the catering team you’ll be responsible for providing an efficient, high quality dedicated food and beverage service, operating in compliance with corporate and local policies and procedures.
Whilst you will have experience of working in a similar environment and a Basic Food Hygiene certificate, COSHH and allergen training (or willingness to work towards it), your commitment to customer care, first class service and belief in teamwork are just as important.
Base Location: Bournemouth Hospital
Main duties of the job
Your tasks could include
- Receiving and checking stock/deliveries
- Running the catering stores; keeping accurate records & being detailed.
- This role involves a lot of moving and handling,
- May include some food handling to assist in simple food preparation in a chilled and/or frozen working and storage environment
- There will be a proportion of the day spent in in the freezer room picking stock.
- Cleaning of the stores area, stock rotation and stock taking when required.
This post requires a consistent and regular approach to hours of work to meet the needs of our customers and patients whilst being supportive of the large food service operation at the UHD.
A driving licence would be an advantage but is not essential
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how
we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the
New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers
interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess
mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal
commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National
terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To ensure that all deliveries are checked off against purchase orders/delivery notes.
- Ensuring any discrepancies are identified and all appropriate departmental records are completed.
- Carry out end of day cleaning tasks in line with cleaning schedules.
- To assist in the smooth running of the department by maintaining and organising the efficient running off the Catering store areas; checking in all goods, maintain an accurate set of records, weighing all recipes and delivery to relevant location, ensuring high standards of food hygiene, Food storage and H&S. Supervise other members of staff allocated to assist in the stores
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good level of Education ( GCSE level D or above)
- Basic Food Hygiene
Desirable criteria
- previous experience in similar role
Experience
Essential criteria
- Prior Work Experience within Catering Industry.
- Basic H & Safety experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS Experience
- Experience of working in a stores/warehouse
Competencies
Essential criteria
- Able to develop a positive on-going working relationship with others in the dept.
- Able to work in a fast paced customer focused environment
- Able to deal with issues/problems in a courteous manner
Desirable criteria
- A good level of English is required to understand the Induction/general working conditions
Other role requirements
Essential criteria
- Willingness to be flexible in your working hours and able to work on weekends.
- Act with a high degree of integrity while representing the values of NHS
- Able to work in a Chilled/Frozen environment
Desirable criteria
- Flexibility
- Full Driving Licence
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to identify opportunities for improvements within your area of responsibility
- Openness to change and ability to respond & to improve performance
Desirable criteria
- Can – do attitude
- Reliable
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vikram Paunikar
- Job title
- Central Production Kitchen Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 4016
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