Job overview

Want to make a positive difference to our Patients day?

Working as part of a much larger Catering team, your role will be to serve the Patient’s meals, on the ward at lunch and supper time services.  You will have a direct impact on the quality and service standards our Patience deserve, by re-heating, presenting and serving, fresh, quality prepared meals and desserts along with providing a range of alternative dishes, for those Patients on special diets.

We are an 800 Patient acute hospital and are offering you the chance to join our team in delivering our service. We have vacancies for early evening shifts now available. Full training will be given in this role and there may be wider opportunities to work in other areas of the catering department, if required.

We pride ourselves on the quality of our food and service and if you feel you can and want to deliver the above, why not apply today to join our team.

Main duties of the job

To work as a member of the team ensuring a high standard of service to patients in quality presentation and correct temperature.

To clean the ward beverages fridges as per the schedule.

To assist in the regeneration and distribution of patients’ meals, and any associated tasks.

To practice stock rotations, at ward level, and ensure the dates of all stock is checked regularly.

To check stocks of supplies held at ward level and liaise with Supervisors so that adequate stock levels are maintained.

To collect food pods from designated areas.

To carry out basic food preparation, eg.  making custard & gravy

To monitor and record fridge/freezer temperatures

To collect and wash patient crockery after each meal service.

To clean ward kitchens and prepare equipment ready for the next meal service. 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.