Host/Hostess | Spire Portsmouth, Havant | Bank |Flexible working

Spire Portsmouth Hospital is looking for a Host/Hostess to join their fantastic catering team on a bank basis.

* Hours: 7.5-hour shifts Monday to Sunday 7am - 8pm

Spire Portsmouth Hospital offers world-class care within beautiful surroundings and is part of one of the UK's most respected private hospital groups. With a full multidisciplinary medical team, you can get fast access to expert healthcare, from consultations and diagnosis to personalised treatments and as much aftercare as you clinically need.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To assist, as directed, with preparation, presentation and service of food and beverages, to the specified standard, to staff, patients and consultants
• To assist with the service of food to staff, consultants, visitors and patients in both the restaurant and wards
• To take orders from customers in relation to food and beverage requests, adhering to any special dietary requirements or specific needs
• To maintain adequate control of all stock through stock rotation, date checking and ensuring packaging is intact
• To comply with the health and safety procedures in accordance with current legislation
• To undertake general cleaning and washing up duties associated with a large commercial kitchen in accordance with a schedule of works

Who we're looking for:

• Experience of working in a catering role
• Good communication skills
• Ability to establish rapport with all customers
• Have a committed approach to providing great customer service
• Have the ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work evenings and possibly some weekends
• Basic food hygiene certificate and awareness and understanding of Health & Safety at Work is desirable

Benefits

• 
  Bank colleagues are paid weekly
  * We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
  * Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won't be applicable for all)
  * Access to Spire Healthcare pension
  * Access to Blue Light Card discounts
  * Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via 'Spire for You'
  * Wellbeing Centre access via 'Spire for You'
  * Free uniform
  * Free DBS
  * Full induction, including mandatory training updates
  * Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
  * Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team
  * We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
* Driving clinical excellence
* Doing the right thing
* Caring is our passion
* Keeping it simple
* Delivering on our promises
* Succeeding and celebrating together
* Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people