Bank Host and Catering Assistant

Job Description
Bank Host and Catering Assistant | Catering | Private Hospital | Southampton | Flexible working hours
Spire Southampton Hospital are looking for a Host and Catering Assistant to join the bank staffing. You will provide a quality food and beverage service to patients and visitors at ward/daycare level working with the Support services, administration and Nursing teams. We are seeking someone with Strong hands-on experience working in a kitchen as a kitchen assistant.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible for taking meal orders from patients and visitors on a daily basis.
• Observe all dietary requirements as identified on nurses list and ensure patient's menu choice is compatible
• Convey compliments and complaints relating to food and food services to the line manager
• Report to nursing staff patients who may be experiencing eating difficulties e.g. poor appetite, difficulty in swallowing or chewing
• Ensures that all crockery and cutlery is presented to the patient clean and undamaged.
• Reports all incidents of damage to stock and equipment to the line manager
• Responsible for washing, drying and putting away of returned trays, crockery, cutlery and glassware

Who We're Looking For

• Experience working unsupervised and on own initiative, prioritising tasks
• Strong hands-on experience working in a kitchen as a kitchen assistant
• Confident in managing day-to-day staff restaurant operations as well us interaction with patients us a host
• Someone with a proactive attitude who can adapt quickly to a busy and sometimes high-pressure environment.
• A positive and flexible approach to customer service
• Good communication skills
• Able to work as part of a team
• Experience in a similar role is essential
• Willing and able to complete mandatory training for COSSH, Manual Handling, Infection Control, food hygiene and Health & Safety in-house.

Working Hours:
Mixture of shifts but priority for the weekend availability

Contract Type: Bank - 0 hours contract
Benefits
We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers

Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing Date:
If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver on

About Us
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.