Main area: Administrative
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 196-ESS1034
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. The Duchess of Cambridge became the Patron of Evelina London in 2018.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities and a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 22,000 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Essentia is a non-clinical directorate within Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join the Risk and Assurance Team as a Food and Safety Support Officer. The role is varied and interesting and supports Trust in ensuring compliance with Food Hygiene and associated regulations.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who is passionate about food safety and has a minimum level 3 in Food Safety and Hygiene. Internal auditing qualification, GMP, GHP or general catering practice experience would be highly desirable.
The successful applicant will support the Food Safety and Compliance Officer to ensure the highest standards of food safety and control are maintained across all Trust operated sites.
The successful candidate will have experience in the following area:
• Prioritising audits and inspection; accurately reporting observations and non-conformances on a risk
• Analytical skills with the ability to respond to differing situations quickly and
• Supporting bespoke training programs to various levels of clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Supporting Food Safety Management System, HACCP and undertaking CCP monitoring.
• Supporting investigations into complaints or incidents in a timely manner.
• Supporting the production of detailed, accurate and precise reports.
• Excellent IT skills
You would be able to balance conflicting demands and prioritize your own workloads and have the ability to achieve results through a combination of effective planning and organization.
Experience within the health care environment would be an advantage but broader relevant experience would be considered.
Closed Date 7th December 2021
Interviews will be held during the week commencing 16th and 17th December 2021
For further details / informal visits contact:
Mayo Adefila
Food and Safety Compliance Officer
02071881121
07768058423
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
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