Catering Assistant

To further enhance our patients, experience and to make them and their families feel as comfortable as possible, have a new additional Catering Assistant positions available for you to come and join our friendly and close-knit catering team.

What kind of value do you get from being a host and ensuring a customer’s comfort and satisfaction? What does customer care and customer focus mean to you? How can you help contribute to making someone feel better?

If you are looking to join an energetic and vibrant organisation that truly makes a difference to people’s lives on a daily basis, we have part time Catering Assistant opportunities here!

You'll be working 3 day's, on average 20 hrs per week over a 2 week fixed rota period consisting of;

• Week A = Thursday (07:30-14:30), Saturday (07:30-18:30), Sunday (12:00-18:00).
• Week B = Wednesday (07:30-14:30), Thursday (09:15-14:00), Friday (09:15-14:00).

What You'll Be Doing

As a Catering Assistant you’ll be responsible for providing an efficient, high quality and dedicated food and beverage service to our patients, visitors and staff in the hospital. 

Currently there are two food and beverage sections in the hospital which are overseen by the Catering Team and then there are the wards themselves.

Main Café – will include the undertaking of simple food preparation tasks including light meals, ensuring food preparation areas and the main consuming area (tables, chair and floor) is kept clean and hygienic at all times. 

Kitchen – Will be the preparing and serving breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, ensuring a clean and tidy environment and operating the dishwashing machine to process crockery and cutlery. 

Wards – Will need to understand the devised menu’s and communicate with patients regarding their menu choices, acting on any dietary requests for additional / alternative food or beverage requirements, in addition, you will need to inform staff of any patient who has refused or not eaten much of their meal for onward management. 

General – You’ll be involved in audit process processes and ensuring stock levels maintained and on sale stock items visible and replenished.