Role Overview & Responsibilities

Main Duties Of The Job

To assist with general duties in the Production Kitchen, Patient Services, Central Dishwashing area, Staff restaurant, as a Barista, Hospitality and associated areas when and as required.


Working for our organisation

This is an exciting time to be working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than 1.6 million people a year through our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To assist with general duties in the Production Kitchen, Patient Services, Central Dishwashing area, Staff restaurant, Hospitality and associated areas when and as required.

Working as part of a team, the post holder will assist with the production, delivery and service of food to patients, visitors and/or staff. This will include cleaning of areas, equipment and materials used in providing service, operation of dishwashers and other catering equipment and adherence to all food safety policy, procedures and regulations.

Person specification

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Able to read and write English
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team

Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Important Information – Please read before submitting your application.

Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement

The Government has formally announced it is pausing the regulations requiring specific healthcare sector roles to be fully vaccinated (1st & 2nd dose) against COVID-19, subject to government consultation.

Please be aware that should this post be identified as in scope for the regulations after the consultation and Parliamentary process, you will be required to provide your vaccination status or proof of medical exemption.

  • Applicant communication for all stages will be via our preferred 3rd party recruitment system and not via NHS Jobs.
  • Failure to supply correct email addresses for referees will cause delays, we do not accept private domain emails (Hotmail/Gmail/ etc. for referees)
  • If you require sponsorship to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
  • If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
  • The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
  • The Trust on behalf of Royal Free London Property Serviced Ltd (rflpsl) will undertake a DBS (Formerly CRB) clearance where the job description and person specification requires the employee to undertake regulated activities, (Regulated Activity Definitions). The Trust fully complies with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice
  • By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of rflpsl transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system
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