Title:  Patient food services care assistant

Job Description

The Food Service Worker is responsible for cooking and preparing food according to recipes and production guidelines while adhering to food safety, food handling, and sanitation procedures. The Cook should safely handle knives and equipment such as grills, fryers, ovens, broilers, etc.

5 over 7 days.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide the highest level of customer service and confidentiality, dignity, and respect to all patients at all times, ensuring a pleasant and courteous approach. 
• Distribute menus in line with any special modified/therapeutic dietary requirements.
• Prepare patient food & beverage trays in accordance with relevant SOP procedures whilst maintaining the highest levels of hygiene and food safety and ensuring adherence to any specific dietary requirements.
• Deliver food/beverage trays to patients in accordance with relevant SOP whilst maintaining the highest levels of hygiene and food safety. 
• Ensure food safety records are accurately completed, adhering to all food hygiene regulations, particularly H.A.C.C. P regulations. 
• Maintain full awareness of allergen information & patient dietary requirements -communicating with your Line Manager and where appropriate ward personnel.
• Collect trays back up from patients, ensuring all trays and tray stands are cleaned, washed, and sanitised in accordance with SOPs. 
• Ensure cutlery, crockery, jugs, delph, food surfaces, equipment, workstations, etc., are washed, cleaned, and sanitised in accordance with food safety instructions and control measures. 
• Record and maintain waste records. Promote and implement all our Health, Safety, and Food Safety policies and procedures. 
• Ability to multi-task, handle multiple roles as required, and use initiative as needed: have good organizational skills and work consistently with attention to detail.
• Assist with receiving and putting away store deliveries as required.
• Ensuring correct stock rotation procedures are followed, use the FIFO rule. 
• Observe infection control and HACCP policies in food handling storage and ensure that all the necessary information is recorded accurately. 
• Adhere to the prescribed dress code, always wear all task-appropriate PPE, and maintain a high level of personal hygiene. 
• Know and follow fire and disaster plans and reporting injuries policies.  
• Ensure the correct manual handling procedures are adhered to when lifting or moving anything while working. 
• Observe the correct use and care of equipment, reporting any defective materials or equipment.
• Comply with and adhere to all Aramark & Hospital policies and procedures.
• To observe Aramark & the hospital’s confidentiality policy.
• Participate in training and development programs as required.
• Complete other reasonable duties assigned by your line manager from time to time to ensure the smooth running of the department.

Qualifications

• Previous experience with a catering environment desirable. On the job training will be given. Must acquire basic food hygiene qualification within first six months.
• Knowledge of Food Hygiene including HACCP.
• 1 years’ experience in a similar environment.
• Good understanding of English.
• Customer service experience