Current Career Opportunities

Post:                           Senior Catering Supervisor
Hours:                        Full Time 32 hours/week
Reports to:                 Business Support Manager
Salary:                        £14.00 – £16.00 per Hour depending on qualification
Location:                    The Somme Nursing Home, 121 Circular Road Belfast BT4 2NA
Contract Type:          Permanent

The Somme Nursing home is a charity providing treatment and quality care for service and ex-service persons since 1914.  It is registered as a general category nursing home with the Regulation & Quality Improvement Authority.   A home that is light and spacious with 50 ground-floor single en-suite beds.  A home that is conveniently located on the Circular Road, a semi-rural setting off the Holywood Road,  a quiet, leafy residential area creating an atmosphere of tranquillity.

Our Philosophy of Care incorporates the provision of a high quality care delivery to our residents, which is tailored to individual need and embraces the core values of the promotion of dignity, choice, and preservation of citizens’ rights, independence, self-determination and privacy.

We strive to create a homely environment, where love, compassion and understanding of the unique needs of the ex-service resident is paramount to our delivery of care.  We encourage the involvement of both resident and the family to provide a holistically unique service in which residents’ needs are met.

Job Description

Reports to: Business Support Manager (BSM)

Responsible for:

• Cooking and Supervising Kitchen Staff
• Liaison with Staff
• Liaison with Suppliers Under the direction from BSM

Job Purpose:  To assist with the provision of a high-quality great tasting food for our residents & staff.

Duties

• Operating a very busy kitchen in a care home setting
• Focusing on tasty, well balanced and nutritious meals with input from Nurse manager and the nursing team
• To follow menu plans agreed with the Nurse Manager
• Responsible for the preparation of the Menu plan with input from the Nursing Team
• Have a strong knowledge of textured diets
• Ensuring the foodservice achieves maximum efficiency, achieving a high standard of residents & staff satisfaction.
• Adhered to all HACCP, Food Safety, and Health & Safety Legislation requirements
• Working with the Business Support Manager to review menu costings and planning for seasonal business fluctuations
• Ensuring all bookwork is completed within agreed timescales and company requirements.
• Responsibility for all aspects of the service and team
• Implementing staff training as required per company procedures
• To take responsibility for the supervision of kitchen staff
• Working with the Activities Coordinator to review and plan for upcoming events
• Provide exceptional customer service to residents, their families & staff
• To maintain staff Performance Management process
• To ensure staff absences are recorded
• To liaise as appropriate regarding staff cover.
• To occasionally assist with special functions which may be outside of normal working hours.
• To ensure sound hygiene practices are in place and maintained Managing the compliment of staff and driving change through good practice and leadership.
• To ensure that health and safety regulations are observed in working practices.
• To handle issue and recording of catering supplies as required.
• To assist with the operation of control procedures as required.
• To hold, monthly team meetings
• To report immediately any accidents, fire, theft, loss, damage, or unfit food or other irregularities and take such action as may be appropriate or possible.

The duties above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required by the Business Support manager to carry out appropriate duties within the context of the job, skills and grade.

General

• To participate in the performance and development review process, taking personal responsibility for identification of learning, development and training opportunities in discussion with line manager.
• To comply with individual responsibilities, in accordance with the role, for health & safety in the workplace.
• To ensure that all duties and services provided are in accordance with the Home’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
• The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our residents and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

The Person:

• • Excellent communication, organisational, and time management skills
  • Ability to communicate fluently in English
  • Previous experience working in a busy hospitality role
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, deal with issues as they arise, and contribute in all areas of service
  • The ability to prioritise and have an eye for detail
  • Promotes a harmonious working environment where all employees are treated with respect and dignity
  • Ensures a safe environment is maintained in compliance with health, safety, fire, hygiene, and security standards
  • Leading the team, you will operate a very busy kitchen, focusing on tasty, well balanced and nutritious meals.

• Developing the menu range and engaging with user groups on a regular basis.
• Experience in managing a high-volume kitchen; preparing hot and cold meals, snacks, bakery and sweets.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, deal with issues as they arise and contribute in all areas of managing a kitchen and providing great food service.
• Food Hygiene Level 3 qualified.
• Promote and contribute to a harmonious working environment where all employees are treated with respect and dignity.
• Ensure a safe environment is maintained in compliance with health, safety, fire, hygiene, and security legislation and company policies and procedures.
• Managing staff and driving change through good practice and leadership.
• Maintaining a hygienic and tidy environment; ensure tables, accompaniments and counters are kept clean and adequately supplied throughout the service period.
• Check deliveries and food temperatures, completing records, and operating the till as required.
• A close working relationship with the team is important to these roles. It is essential that you can work as part of a team, as well as on your own, and can communicate effectively at all levels.

Criteria:

• Previous experience working in a management role
• At least 3-year cooking experience
• The ability to prioritise and have an eye for detail
• Good communication skills – written and verbal
• The ability to demonstrate great teamwork skills
• Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate 

Personality Fit:

• Attention to detail in all aspects of the work.
• Leads by example and lives our values.
• Enthusiastic and passionate about our customer service and reputation.
• Self-motivated, working independently and on own initiative.
• Flexible with a positive, can-do attitude.
• The ability to treat people with dignity
• Good listening and observational skills
• Some awareness of the challenges faced by people who need care and support

Number skills.

Post:                           Domestic
Hours:                        30 hours/week  or Bank Hours
Reports to:                 Domestic Senior Supervisor/Senior Cook Supervisor
Salary:                        £9.68 per Hour
Location:                    The Somme Nursing Home, 121 Circular Road Belfast BT4 2NA
Contract Type:          Permanent
Interview Date:          Ongoing advised on receipt of application

Application pack available on request via reception@sommenursing.org

Job Description

Domestic Cleaning

• To assist in providing a clean, healthy, and hygienic environment for residents and staff that complies with Health & Safety and COSHH standards.
• Be responsible for ensuring the home looks, feels and smells nice for our residents as well as visitors to the home.
• To achieve a high standard of cleanliness in order to maintain a clean, pleasant and safe environment and to reduce the risk of infection
• Clean and conduct domestic duties as required by the work schedules produced by the Senior Domestic/Laundry/Kitchen Supervisor
• Organise day-to-day cleaning duties to best suit the needs of the home.  This includes cleaning of beds, mopping, damp dusting, cleaning of internal glass, walls, vacuuming, scrubbing (manual & machine), steam cleaning and buffing
• Perform ‘deep’ and ‘special’ cleans in accordance with training given and method statements provided by Senior Supervisor
• Changing of curtains and cleaning of blinds
• Ensure that all bedrooms, bathrooms, and communal areas are properly cleaned and maintained throughout the building.
• Work as part of the Domestic/Laundry/Kitchen team and respond to requests from Nursing Staff, and Management team of the Home in relations to relation to work priorities, local protocols and procedures
• Adapt to unforeseen demands and tasks as appropriate to the environment and the grade
• Working in accordance with all COSHH, Health and Safety and Manual Handling Policies as issued by the Trust

Laundry

• Be responsible for the overall cleanliness of the Home and ensure that the laundry of residents is to the highest standard, including well-presented ironed clothes and bedding. Ensure that residents’ laundry is collected and correctly labelled to minimise lost items of clothing. Work with the Homemakers to ensure the personal clothing of residents is put away in a neat and tidy manner

• Ensure that all cleaning and laundry equipment is correctly and appropriately used and kept in a safe condition. Report any defects to the Maintenance team. To comply with COSHH and Health & Safety regulations, ensuring the correct use of personal protective equipment and follow the proper use of colour code systems within the home

• As directed by Senior Domestic Supervisor to ensure that daily/weekly housekeeping tasks are completed as required and regular deep cleans are programmed to ensure the presentation of the Home is always at its best

• Be sensitive to the privacy and individual needs of the residents and ensure all necessary documentation is completed daily.

• Maintain standards of infection control within the laundry area and generally within the home and to assist residents to maintain their own infection control needs.
• Operate the washing machine/driers and other equipment to launder household clothes, linen and residents’ personal clothing. Work within HSAW guidelines in operating all cleaning machinery, whilst maintaining skills in their usage and safe storage Understand stock control and stock rotation and ensure ordering of agreed stock is completed within budget and in a timely manner.
• At all times maintain courtesy, respect and dignity to colleagues, residents and their visitors

• Carry out other duties as may be assigned from time to time by Senior Domestic Supervisor

Criteria / Person Specification

• Training will be provided
• An ability to undertake a full range of cleaning duties using electrical equipment
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• An ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
• Must have a good command of written and spoken English and a valid work permit
• Ability to communicate with the elderly
• Ability to work set hours, flexible to meet the needs of the organization
• Good General Health (medically fit)
• The ability to treat people with dignity
• Good listening and observational skills
• Some awareness of the challenges faced by people who need care and support
• Number skills

Post:                           Kitchen Porter
Hours:                        30 hours/week  or Bank Hours
Reports to:                 Chef on Duty
Salary:                        £9.68 per Hour
Location:                    The Somme Nursing Home, 121 Circular Road Belfast BT4 2NA
Contract Type:          Permanent
Interview Date:          Ongoing advised on receipt of application

Application pack available on request via reception@sommenursing.org

Duty : Kitchen Assisting

• Assisting Cook with the preparation and serving of meals
• Ensuring all crockery, utensils and cooking equipment are washed and ready for use of each meal
• Preparation of tables in the dining room and trolleys for carrying food each mealtime
• Ensure food is appropriately managed with regard to checking on arrival for quantity, quality and use-by date
• Ensure food is stored appropriately and stock rotation is carried out. Inform Cook of any problems
• Ensure all stock ordered is consistent with planned menus that reflect choice and preference
• Ensure appropriate waste disposal of used foods and bags/bins emptied daily
• Ensure all health and safety and environmental health standards are achieved and maintained
• Report and record in the appropriate manner any information considered to be important to the Nurse Manager or Business Support Manager
• Ensure that the Cook-in-charge is kept informed of any changes or problems that occur during his/her absence.
• Ensure that a good standard of hygiene and cleanliness & record keeping is maintained throughout the kitchen, to meet the required standards of practice prescribed by Environmental Health Agencies
• Ensure that all machines are used correctly, cleaned, and stored. Any faults or damage is to be reported immediately.
• Maintaining cleaning schedules for the kitchen, equipment, and associated areas.

Criteria/ Person Specification

• Training will be provided
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• An ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
• Must have a good command of written and spoken English and a valid work permit
• Ability to communicate with the elderly
• Ability to work set hours, flexible to meet the needs of the organisation
• Good General Health (medically fit)
• The ability to treat people with dignity
• Good listening and observational skills
• Some awareness of the challenges faced by people who need care and support

Post:                                Care Assistant  Night Duty/Day Duty/Bank
Reports to:                    Nurse in charge
Salary:                            £9.86 per Hour dependent on qualification
Location:                       The Somme Nursing Home, 121 Circular Road Belfast BT4 2NA
Contract Type:             Permanent with 6 Months Probation period
Hours Per week:         Bank/ Part Time (24 hours),  Full Time  ( 36 hours)  per week excluding breaks
Job Closing Date:        Ongoing
Interview Date:             On going

For Application Pack contact : admin@sommenursing.org

The Somme Nursing home is a charity providing treatment and quality care for service and ex-service persons since 1914.  It is registered as a general category nursing home with the Regulation & Quality Improvement Authority.   A home that is light and spacious with 50 ground floor single en-suite beds.  A home that is conveniently located  on the Circular Road, a semi-rural setting off the Holywood Road,  a quiet, leafy residential area creating an atmosphere of tranquillity.

Our Philosophy of Care incorporates the provision of a high quality care delivery to our residents, which is tailored to individual need and embraces the core values of the promotion of dignity, choice, and preservation of citizens’ rights, independence, self-determination and privacy.

We strive to create a homely environment, where love, compassion and understanding of the unique needs of the ex-service resident is paramount to our delivery of care.  We encourage the involvement of both resident and the family to provide a holistically unique service in which residents’ needs are met.

Job Description

• To help in the care of the residents’ physical environment and in the general day-to-day activities of the home.
• To support the nursing staff in the total care of all patients.
• To share with other staff in meeting the personal care needs of residents in a way that respects the dignity of the individual and promotes independence.
• To help in the care of the residents’ physical environment and in the general day-to-day activities of the home.

Principal responsibilities

• To assist residents who need help with dressing, undressing, bathing and toileting.
• To help residents with mobility problems and other disabilities including incontinence.
• Help in use and care of aids and personal equipment.
• To care for residents temporarily sick and needing e.g. bed nursing.
• To help care for residents who are dying.
• To help in the promotion of mental and physical activity of residents through talking to them, taking them out, sharing with them in activities such as reading, writing, hobbies and recreations.
• To make and change beds; tidy rooms and do light cleaning; empty commodes.
• To feed residents who need help; help tidy and clear the dining room.
• Answer emergency bells, the door and the telephone; greet visitors.
• Read reports, take part in staff meetings and in the training activities as directed.
• To be aware of the health and safety statement.
• To clean sanitary and other equipment with particular attention to guidelines for the control of infection.
• To read and be familiar with home policies and procedures.
• Such other duties as may be required.

For application pack. please contact: reception@sommenursing.org