Patient Services Assistant CateringNHS

Job summary

Patient Caterer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Patient Services team as aDual Trained Patient Services Assistant (PSA). This vital role combines both Catering and Domestic Services responsibilities, ensuring patients receive excellent food service while maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming healthcare environment.

The successful candidate will provide a high standard of food and beverage service to ward areas across Chesterfield Royal Hospital and The Derwent Unit, while also delivering high-quality cleaning services that support patient care, infection prevention, and the overall patient experience.

The hours of work are: -

15:00hrs - 19:00hrs working 4 days per week (16 hours per week)

The rota will be based on a 16 hour a week contract working on a 10-week rota basis which will include someweekends and bank holidays or working Monday to Friday which will include bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

Catering Duties

Provide a professional and high-quality food and drink service to patients on wards.

Ensure meals are served efficiently and accurately to maintain food quality and meet required specifications.

Support patients with menu selection and meal service as required.

Maintain food safety standards and comply with all Trust catering policies and procedures.

Ensure ward kitchens, catering areas, and associated offices are cleaned and maintained to the required standards.

Safely operate catering equipment following appropriate training.

Contribute to delivering a positive dining experience for patients.

Domestic Duties

Clean ward areas, departments, and communal spaces in line with NHS National Cleaning Standards and Trust procedures.

Work according to cleaning schedules and allocated duties.

Safely use cleaning equipment and materials following training and approved methods.

Follow infection prevention and control practices, including the National Colour Coding System.

Undertake specialist cleaning tasks where required using appropriate cleaning methodologies and PPE.

Ensure cleaning cupboards and equipment are secure and maintained appropriately.

Complete actions arising from cleaning audits within agreed timescales.

Job description

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.

About us

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just under 1000 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered