Job summary
Employer heading
Weekend Ward Host/Hostess
London Living Wage
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
We are looking for 6 candidates to cover the below shift patterns
Saturday and Sunday either 7.30am - 3pm OR 4pm - 8pm.
You will be asked at interview your preferred choice of hours.
Main duties of the job
You will collect, store, cook food and deliver crockery, cutlery, and beverages to ward areas. You will also be responsible for serving Patients Breakfast and Beverages directly whilst the Ward staff serve Lunch and Supper to ensure the correct due diligence is in place the Host/ess will be responsible for clearing all patient food and beverage trays.
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
for further information please refer to the attached Job description for full duties and responsibilities
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Basic English and math’s
Desirable criteria
- Level 2 Certificate in Food Hygiene or working towards it
- Customer care experience
- knowledge of Health and safety
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Natural & enthusiastic staff member with ability to motivate and develop staff
- Ability to follow clear instructions and feedback to senior staff
- Able to work with minimal supervision following set procedures
Desirable criteria
- Good timekeeping
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within a hospital or care environment
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Thiel
- Job title
- Deputy director of estates and Facilities
- Email address
- [email protected]
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