Job summary This 12 month contract is to support patients with their fluid and diet intake alongside the other staff on the ward.
It involves ensuring the correct meals are ordered for each patients as per they individual preferences and requirements.
Main duties of the job This role involves ensuring patients have fresh water, hot drinks, meals and that items required for this are ordered in a timely manner.
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Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.
In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver.
Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description Job responsibilities To assist patients with meal ordering and to provide patients with drinks and diet outside normal meal times.
This may also require meal ordering and ordering additional items from the kitchen.
Please see job description Person Specification Education/qualifications Essential Evidence of good numeracy and literacy, equivalent to Functional Skills level 2 or grade C/4 or above GCSE English and Maths Desirable NVQ Level 2 qualification Experience Essential Experience with catering or food service delivery Desirable Experience in an Acute Hospital setting Skills, ability and knowledge Essential Good communication skills Good organisation skills Good interpersonal skills Desirable Ability to work well under pressure Keyboard skills Personal Qualities Essential Able to use own initiative Ability to work as part of a team Realiability Desirable Calm under pressure