Facilities Assistant - Storekeeper

Internal vacancy

This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within either of these Trusts, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

Would you like to be part of a vital team ensuring high standards of catering are achieved for our patients, visitors, and staff? Do you want to go home at the end of your shift knowing you helped make your local hospital a great place to be cared for?

We have available: -

1 x 12-month, Secondment, Full time, 37.5 hours per week position.

Our facilities Catering Team play an essential role within the trust, responsible for catering at ward level and commercial outlets across both our hospital sites.

We are recruiting a Facilities Assistant - Storekeeper at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and looking for an individual who shares our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive a quality meal service.

Main role will be storekeeper, ensuring orders, accepting deliveries, stock rotation, delivery to wards and retail outlets of store orders are carried out on a daily basis

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for Storekeeper role, orders, deliveries, HACCP documentation
• Responsible for complying with good hygieneand health & safety practices within the departmentin accordance with standing operating procedures and current food safetyand health & safety legislation.
• Use equipment like dishwashers, food trolleys (Burlodge Trolleys) and coffee machines safely and correctly.
• Work with other team members and ward staff to ensure patient meals are served within the protected mealtime schedule on time.
• Talk politely with patients, staff and visitors and help with any questions or problems.
• To comply with appropriate HACCP food safety documentation including taking and recording food temperatures at ward level or in retail outlets for the departments HACCP food safety management system and take corrective actionwhere necessary.

About us

Our Poppy's Promise Commitment

We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team -- clinical or non-clinical -- plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.

We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values -- ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

Details

Date posted

13 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,272 a year

per annum/ pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

223-TFA-744-A

Job locations

The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford

Apley

Telford

TF1 6TF

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Candidate Job Pack

Job responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Candidate Job Pack

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Level 2 award in food safety or equivalent
• Evidence of a commitment to continuous development

Desirable

• Level 3 in Food Safety

Experience

Essential

• Proven ability to work on own initiative
• Proven ability to manage own workload and prioritise when there are competing priorities
• Evidence of experience of working and contributing in a team
• Evidence of ability to work under pressure

Desirable

• Relevant experience of working in a catering environment, however full training will be given as part of an induction plan lasting at least a few weeks

Skills and Knowledge

Desirable

• Knowledge of food safety systems, HACCP, COSHH and dealing with Allergens
• Proven ability to communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including; patients, staff-members, visitors, suppliers & environmental health

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Level 2 award in food safety or equivalent
• Evidence of a commitment to continuous development

Desirable

• Level 3 in Food Safety

Experience

Essential

• Proven ability to work on own initiative
• Proven ability to manage own workload and prioritise when there are competing priorities
• Evidence of experience of working and contributing in a team
• Evidence of ability to work under pressure

Desirable

• Relevant experience of working in a catering environment, however full training will be given as part of an induction plan lasting at least a few weeks

Skills and Knowledge

Desirable

• Knowledge of food safety systems, HACCP, COSHH and dealing with Allergens
• Proven ability to communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including; patients, staff-members, visitors, suppliers & environmental health

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford

Apley

Telford

TF1 6TF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.sath.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford

Apley

Telford

TF1 6TF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.sath.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Candidate Job Pack

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Level 2 award in food safety or equivalent
• Evidence of a commitment to continuous development

Desirable

• Level 3 in Food Safety

Experience

Essential

• Proven ability to work on own initiative
• Proven ability to manage own workload and prioritise when there are competing priorities
• Evidence of experience of working and contributing in a team
• Evidence of ability to work under pressure

Desirable

• Relevant experience of working in a catering environment, however full training will be given as part of an induction plan lasting at least a few weeks

Skills and Knowledge

Desirable

• Knowledge of food safety systems, HACCP, COSHH and dealing with Allergens
• Proven ability to communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including; patients, staff-members, visitors, suppliers & environmental health