JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Details

Job Title :Kitchen Assistant

Grade :Band 1, pro rata, per annum

Hours: Negotiable

Department :Finance, Facilities & IT

Reporting to :Catering Team Leader

Location(s) :Winsley

Job Summary/ Main Purpose

To clean and wash up all crockery, cutlery, utensils, cooking pots in the main or conference kitchens and ensure appliances and equipment are kept clean and adhere to environmental health and infection control standards.

To assist in food preparation and food delivery when required and under the supervision of the qualified chefs.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Carry out washing up and cleaning duties ensuring that all kitchen equipment and utensils are put away safely and correctly.
  • Daily: sanitise kitchen, dining room and vending equipment.
  • Deep clean main kitchen every week.
  • Sort and put away dining room and patient cutlery/crockery.
  • Delivery of meals to meeting rooms, patients’ rooms and dining room when required.
  • Regularly check dining room supplies for napkins, sauces, condimentsand tea/coffee supplies etc.
  • Regularly checking dining room for dirty crockery, cutlery and general tidiness and cleanliness of tables and area.
  • Check items are safely and securely put away.
  • Any other duties as required by the Catering Team Leader or Conference and Facilities Manager.

Occasional Duties

  • Training sessions on fire and health and safety matters, food safety, infection control, COHSS, mandatory training, cleaning and on technical aspects relating to the job.
  • Collecting crockery/cutlery from other parts of the building.

Organisational Chart


Contacts

Regular contact with patients, families, visitors, staff and volunteers.

Working Conditions

Approximately 5 hours per day of lifting, carrying, washing and cleaning within a busy kitchen environment, which can be noisy and warm. The candidate needs to be conscious of health and safety, slippery floors and surfaces. Aware of sharp knives, glass and potential breakages.

Confidentiality

Information gained through this work must not be communicated to other persons except in the course of duty. The Dorothy House Hospice Standards of Conduct for Confidentiality must be observed at all times.

Health and Safety at Work Act

It is the responsibility of all employees to ensure that the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act are complied with, safe working practices are adhered to and that hazards observed are reported to the appropriate officer immediately.

No Smoking Policy

It is the policy of Dorothy House Hospice to promote positive health. Smoking is therefore actively discouraged and is prohibited for staff in the hospice and grounds.

Review

No job description can give a complete account of all aspects of the post. From time to time the demands of the organisation will require adjustments in the responsibilities of the post and the redeployment for long or short periods of subordinate staff. No such adjustments may be made without the agreement of the Catering Team Leader.

April 2014

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Kitchen Assistant

Criteria / Essential / Desirable

Qualifications

  • General standard of education
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  • Food Safety and Hygiene
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  • COSHH
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Knowledge and Experience

  • Minimum of 2 years experience of working in a catering service
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  • Experience in maintaining kitchen to environmental health standards
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Skills and Attributes

  • Ability to communicate with patients, staff and other customers
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  • Ability to work autonomously and receive written and verbal instruction
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Personal Development
  • Evidence of Self Development and maintaining industry knowledge
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Work Environment
  • Able to lift and move equipment
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  • Safe handling practice
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  • Car owner and driver
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