Kitchen Porter- Private Hospital
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £18431/annum
We are looking for a Kitchen Porter to join our Catering department. Within this role, the candidate will carry out a wide range of general catering duties in an efficient and effective manner within the wards, ensuring the highest food safety standards at all times to patients.
The Catering Department provides and effective and efficient food service within the wards and hospitality events, ensuring the highest food safety standards at all times to patients, visitors and staff.
Located in leafy St John’s Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St John’s.
Am I the right person for this Kitchen Porter role?
* Good general education, GCSEs, or equivalent
* Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
* Basic Health & Safety Certificate
* Literate and numerate
* Basic Computer Skills
* Working in a healthcare environment
* Customer focused environment
* Previous experience in catering/portering services
* Experience in Food Hygiene Standards
* Using catering equipment such dishwashers
* Stock take experience
* Customer care skills
* Knowledge of HACCP
What are the Responsibilities of this Kitchen Porter role?
* This includes service of meals, delivering meal trolleys to the wards, putting catering supplies away in the correct areas, using stock rotation and keeping the kitchen area and equipment clean as per the cleaning schedules using correct colour coded equipment
* The role will include assisting with food deliveries (patients and hospitality events), stock rotation, recording delivery temperatures and storage
* The Kitchen Porter is accountable to the Head Chef
* Opening and closing of the department
* Delivery of food to wards and clinical areas
* Support with the delivery/ collection of crockery/ cutlery/ food daily and during hospitality events
Why apply for this role as Kitchen Porter?
At our organisation we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer our employees a wide range of benefits; from 27 days annual leave, generous private healthcare cover, contributory pension schemes – including continuation of the NHS pension.
Working with us, all eligible employees receive;
* Competitive pay with progressive band structuring
* Private healthcare cover of up to £20,000 per year
* Ongoing training and development programmes
* Discounts at local, national and online shops
* Interest-free season ticket loans
* Cycle to work loan scheme
* Employee “Service Excellence” recognition rewards
If you are ready for a new challenge and relish the chance to become part of a successful, forward thinking organisation then we would love to hear from you.
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