Ward Host

at  The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Marsden Hospital requires full time Ward Host for Catering department serving food and beverages to private patients, staff and visitors. Experience in similar role preferred.
The key roles preparation of raw and cooked food, picking and packing of cook chill food, sandwiches and salad items for patients and restaurant. To undertake cleaning duties which are appropriate with the post and to assist the kitchen team with the patient, and staff meal service.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That’s why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

• Liaise on a daily basis with the patients and family members regarding meal preferences and appetite, taking into account any cultural and religious choices.
• Organisation of daily duties to meet the service demands
• Ensure that patients have filled in their menu selections, helping where necessary.
• Collating of information from the patient food orders and providing 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 stock items from the catering stores/kitchen ensuring appropriate stock rotation, and all wastage is kept to a minimum and recorded appropriately.
• Liaise with the nursing staff Patient treatment plans in order to determine their effect on individual appetite and oral capacity.
• Taking patient food & beverage orders/requests by communicating with the patient using the Trust computerised meal ordering systems.
• Help with the preparation &/or cooking of eggs, paninis, and any other cooking of food items under supervision or after relevant training.
• Serving beverages and meals, ensuring patients are assisted with removal of packaging.
• Ensuring the provision of snacks as per the product list is offered to patients in accordance with scheduled snack rounds.
• Daily cleaning of the ward kitchen areas to maintain a high standard of hygiene in accordance with appropriate departmental cleaning schedules.

• Liaise on a daily basis with the patients and family members regarding meal preferences and appetite, taking into account any cultural and religious choices.
• Organisation of daily duties to meet the service demands
• Ensure that patients have filled in their menu selections, helping where necessary.
• Collating of information from the patient food orders and providing 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 stock items from the catering stores/kitchen ensuring appropriate stock rotation, and all wastage is kept to a minimum and recorded appropriately.
• Liaise with the nursing staff Patient treatment plans in order to determine their effect on individual appetite and oral capacity.
• Taking patient food & beverage orders/requests by communicating with the patient using the Trust computerised meal ordering systems.
• Help with the preparation &/or cooking of eggs, paninis, and any other cooking of food items under supervision or after relevant training.
• Serving beverages and meals, ensuring patients are assisted with removal of packaging.
• Ensuring the provision of snacks as per the product list is offered to patients in accordance with scheduled snack rounds.
• Daily cleaning of the ward kitchen areas to maintain a high standard of hygiene in accordance with appropriate departmental cleaning schedules