About this role
Job summary
Do you want to combine your passion for food with a career that makes a difference?
We are looking for enthusiastic and reliable Catering Assistants to join our busy Catering Team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of high-quality food services to patients, staff and visitors across our hospital sites. As a Catering Assistant, you will play an important role in supporting patient nutrition and wellbeing by helping to ensure meals are prepared, ordered and delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards of hygiene
Main duties of the job
On a day to day basis, duties will include:-
- Assist in the delivery of sandwich/salad prep & picking and packing in the Catering Department.
- Ensuring that stock levels are maintained and placing orders where required.
- Support your colleagues in other areas of catering service delivery.
- Work as part of the team in the delivery of Catering Services across the site
In exchange, we will offer:-
- Starting salary of £12.92 per hour!
- Additional payments for working unsocial hours
- 27 days annual leave + Bank holidays
- Market leading Pension Scheme
- Access to a multitude of discounts in local and national outlets.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol &Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, with aworkforce of over 13,000 staff and 100+different clinical services across 10 sites, serving apopulation of over500,000 peopleacross Bristol and Weston.UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent careto patients. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust,committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.
Join us and you can enjoycity living, be in the countryside or bythe seaside,with easy access to all the South Westoffers. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
As an equal opportunities employer,actively working towards a diverse workforce,we aim to createaworkforce that represents the diversity of our communityand are committed to designing our services around the needs of patients and their loved ones. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Able to use a tablet for ordering patient food and taking surveys
- Able to use cleaning equipment, some of which may be of an industrial quality
- Able to electronically order required cleaning stocks To ensure they are ready to be used as needed
Qualifications
Essential
- Basic Education - Reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Upper Maudlin Street
Bristol
BS2 8HW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)