We have flexible part time opportunities for enthusiastic and organised people to join our food service team
Location: Birmingham Salary: From £23,605 Per Annum, Pro RataHours: Flexible Part Time to work across mornings / afternoons and early evenings - every other weekend working.
20 Hours per week , 4 hour shifts per day - working 5 days out of 7.
The Charity
We are St Andrew’s. We are a thriving charity, and our vision is a society in which everyone living with mental health need is heard, valued and has hope for their future.
We help people to overcome barriers, and we work tirelessly to help people in our care to find hope.
Are you full of curiosity and ideas? Are you inspired to do the right thing every day, living by our CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence?
Then come join us. Let’s transform lives together.
St Andrew’s Birmingham is a 124 bedded adult mental healthcare facility comprises of eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport
You will be required to work on the wards and within the Patient Meal Service kitchen with appropriate guidelines. You will be required to serve and deliver all food and beverage requirements to patients on the ward, load & deliver trolleys and associated cleaning duties. We would expect you to have excellent organisational and communication skills and work well under pressure whilst delivering excellent customer care to our patients.
- To ensure that at the end of every meal and beverage service that all cutlery, crockery and condiments are removed from the patient area and correctly stored, disposed of or stacked ready for washing.
- To wash equipment/utensils used in the preparation, regeneration, and serving of food and beverages (some items are to be returned to the main catering department)
- To maintain the ward kitchen hygiene standards, ensuring it is clean and tidy at all times. To ensure good practice in relation to the stock rotation and the discarding of out of date food.
- To monitor and record fridge temperatures daily in accordance with food safety regulations and report problems as appropriate.
- To ensure refrigerated food is labelled and stored correctly as per procedure
- Ensure all patients meals are accurate and served in a timely manner.
Please note: all staff being recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our wards when service demands require it.
Rewards
We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing after 10 years' service; Life cover; Electric Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications including an Executive MBA Programme and Coaching and Mentoring Qualifications.
Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.