What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ward host position at The Royal Marsden?
Job overview
Royal Marsden Hospital requires full time Ward Host for catering department serving food and beverages to patients, staff and visitors.
Experience in similar role preferred.
Main duties of the job
Ensure the provision of an individualised, quality meal and beverage service to the patients.
Liaise on a daily basis with the patients and family members regarding meal preferences and appetite, taking into account any cultural and religious choices.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Organization of daily duties to meet the service demands
- Ensure that patient’s have filled in their menu selections, helping where necessary.
- Collating of information off the menu orders and giving this information to the Head Chef and Patient Services Manager, admin team.
- Assist in picking and packing of cook chill food for patients.
- Ordering and receiving daily food stocks from the catering stores / kitchen ensuring appropriate stock rotation, and all wastage is kept to a minimum and recorded appropriately.
- Discuss with the nursing staff Patient treatment plans in order to determine their effect on individual appetite and oral capacity.
Person specification
SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Minimum 2 years catering experience
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- Some knowledge of the Health & Safety Act
Desirable criteria
City & Guilds 706 1 2 Or Equivalent NVQ' s 1 2
The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
Flu Vaccination What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus.
Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Last updated : 2024-07-12