Mealtime Assistant

To work as part of the in-patient team based on the Unit.

Ward based, the postholder will be key in maintaining a quality service by contributing to the patients’ nutritional requirements and to the patients/ward environment.

Liaison with other departments in the day-to-day care and safety of patients.

To support and assist Sister/Charge Nurse in meeting patients’ and visitors’ needs through the performing of a variety of duties.

To assist patients with spinal cord injury to eat and drink in a safe and timely manner.

To consistently maintain a high standard of cleanliness while working with Housekeeping Team.

To ensure supplies of essential items are always available

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.