Job overview

Working as part of a professional and dedicated team, the role will be required to manage the day–to–day operation of the Catering Stores. Ensuring that stock levels are maintained, goods are received, accounted for, stored and issued in strict accordance with the Catering Services Food Safety and Hygiene Manual. To also provide an accountable, cost-effective and efficient stores service that strictly adheres to the Trusts financial targets.

Main duties of the job

 Acting as the main stores contact for the Catering Department. Monitoring all catering stores requests and alerting the appropriate staff to any queries or stores requests.

To carry out the hygienic cleaning of Catering Stores and associated areas to include catering equipment, lift light equipment and utensils as detailed in the cleaning schedule or as required ensuring safe and hygienic environment for all users of the service.

 To ensure accurate completion of orders using electronic system (Indicater). 

 To ensure precise and accurate information is produced via Indicater for auditing purposes.

Ensuring stock is rotated as per departments Food Safety Manual.Responsible for managing stocks on a daily and weekly basis and ordering replacements where necessary.

To project a friendly and professional attitude to all patients and customers using the services and to demonstrate product knowledge when enquiries are made. Communicate to all service users in a professional an approachable manor. 

 To maintain the highest standards of personal hygiene, hygiene cleanliness and maintenance within the facility as detailed within the policies and procedures document and liaise with the supervisors to ensure that specific standards are maintained. To undertake and ensure all procedures detailed within the ‘codes of practice’ in the areas of health and safety, fire, security and COSHH are strictly adhered to. You are 

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.