FM Assistant

Main area Facilities FM Assistant (Catering) Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 13.5 hours per week (Saturday 9 hours (lunch and Evening) and Sunday 4.5 hours (Lunch time)) Job ref 364-A-8808

Site Rawreth Court Town Rayleigh Salary £23,615 Pro Rota Salary period Yearly Closing 06/04/2025 23:59 Interview date 15/04/2025

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.

• We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
• We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

Job overview

Please note you must have right to work in the UK to apply for this position.

Due to current Home Office Guidelines, we are unable to sponsor this job role.

To participate in the provision of the in-house FM services to a specified area within the Trust, which may include in-patient areas and retail outlets: The FM services comprises of the Cleaning, Catering, Portering, Bed making and Laundering services.

You must be aware of the important part you play in maintaining the environment to an excellent standard.

You must also be aware that your work will involve working alongside patients and occasionally interacting with them as you carry out your duties outlined below.

You will be working as part of the Facilities Team and are expected to have a flexible approach to your duties.

You will be working as a valued member of the Estates & Facilities Management Team.

Main duties of the job

Catering Services

• Use the regeneration oven to cook frozen meals by taking and recording the temperature of the cook freeze food prior to placing it into the regeneration oven and commencing the cook cycle. To prepare soup, gravy and custard for the patient meal service.
• To ensure the oven gloves and cloths are used and laundered on a regular basis on site.
• To be responsible for serving and clearing away the meals served to patients on the ward / area you are working in.
• To be responsible for the cleaning of crockery and cutlery that is used for the serving of patient’s meals.
• To record temperatures of the fridges and freezers twice daily.
• To ensure that the kitchen is clean and compliant with all documentation.
• To report any issues with food to the appropriate supplier and your supervisor.
• To ensure that you have enough stock of pureed meals for the residents and to report to supervisor before you run out.
• To cover your team's annual leave and sickness where appropriate.

Person specification

Experience

• Use of Regeneration oven
• Able to collaborate probes for testing food temps
• Ability to use commercial catering equipment
• Knowledge of food hygiene
• Knowledge of COSHH
• Knowledge of HACCP

Skills/Experience

• To be able to read, write and converse in English
• Basic use of computer packages – word, excel and outlook
• Able to use small and large pieces of catering equipment such as regen trollies, dishwashers

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment.

Important Professional References

Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment.

If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing epunft.cv19hr@nhs.net.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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