Catering Assistant - Royal Retail Outlets | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Catering Assistant for the Royal Liverpool Hospital campus. The role involves preparing and serving meals to patients, staff and visitors, with duties spanning main kitchens, ward kitchens and hospital dining areas.

You will perform cleaning and hygiene monitoring duties and support other retail outlets within the hospital, including potential weekend and bank holiday work.

Qualifications

• Post requires previous catering experience, including cooking snacks and front-of-house service.
• Flexible to cover across sites and wards as required.
• Must be able to work Mon-Fri with potential Bank Holidays.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals to patients, staff and visitors.
• Maintain high standards of food hygiene in kitchens, wards, dining rooms and cafes.
• Undertake cleaning and monitoring duties as part of hygiene compliance.
• Support hospital outlets and be prepared to cover in other areas as required.

Skills

Catering experience

Teamwork

Job description

Catering Assistant - Royal Retail Outlets | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This position is based in the Royal Liverpool Hospital and is part of the retail facilities that are onsite.

The post will be based in the Royal Liverpool Hospital but with the expectation if the possibility arises to support other sites Broadgreen & Aintree Hospital.

This position is retail based but with expectation to support at ward level with patient feeding if required.

This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations. By proceeding, you are confirming that you are a current employee of The Clatterbridge Centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool Women’s Hospital or, The Walton Centre. Confirmation will be sought for all successful applicants via an IAT

The following Catering Assistant band 2 vacancy has become available at The Royal Liverpool hospital

Working hours will be Mon - Fri: 8.30am - 3.00pm As a worker you will be based in Skyline Restaurant, however there may be times when you will be required to cover in the other retail outlets within the hospital as per the business requirement.

Involved in the preparation and service of meals to patients, Staff & Visitors.

Required to undertake a wide range of cleaning and monitoring duties associated with maintaining food hygiene within the main kitchens, ward kitchens, dining room and coffee shops.

Ensuring that at all time a high quality service provision is offered, maintaining trust values.

We are looking for staff who are self motivated and can work in a team or on their own unsupervised. You will be working in a busy hospital and can be moved as the needs of the service requires, also you may be required to work Bank holidays including Christmas Day. Although training will be given for all positions, a good knowledge of catering is required.

This is an exciting opportunity but the successful candidate needs to be flexible.

This post requires previous catering experience, including cooking snacks and front of house service

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.

Involved in the preparation and service of meals to patients, Staff & Visitors.

Required to undertake a wide range of cleaning and monitoring duties associated with maintaining food hygiene within the main kitchens, ward kitchens, dining room and coffee shops.

Ensuring that at all time a high quality service provision is offered, maintaining trust values.

We are looking for staff who are self motivated and can work in a team or on their own unsupervised. You will be working in a busy hospital and can be moved as the needs of the service requires, also you may be required to work Bank holidays including Christmas Day. Although training will be given for all positions, a good knowledge of catering is required.

This is an exciting opportunity but the successful candidate needs to be flexible.

This post requires previous catering experience, including cooking snacks and front of house service

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Oct 2026

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust