(**) Catering Assistant

VerseOne Group; Basildon; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Basildon Hospital currently seeks a Catering Assistant for our busy restaurant. The role is cross-site with Orsett Hospital, offering 37.5 hours per week across shifts from 07:00 to 20:30, including weekends and bank holidays.

You will carry out basic food preparation, ensure correct portioning and presentation, serve meals, and help improve patient, visitor and staff dining experience. A full driving licence is required for cross-site duties.

Qualifications

• Good level of general education including English and Maths GCSE.
• Level 2 food safety award.

Responsibilities

• Basic food preparation, including packing, labelling, displaying and chilling of sandwiches and other food products.
• Serving meals within the agreed standards for portion control and presentation.
• Improve our patients, visitors and staff experience through good food and friendly attitude
• Cross-site duties requiring a full driving licence.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Cash handling

Patient focus

Education

GCSE English & Maths

Level 2 Food Safety

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest trusts in the country, following the merger of Mid Essex, Basildon and Southend hospitals in April 2020.

Please click on the link below to see the vacancies we have across our mid and south Essex hospitals.

Main area Catering Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: Cross site working at both Basildon and Orsett Hospital's Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Various shifts between 07.00 and 20.30 incl. weekends and Bank Holidays) Job ref 390-NR-EFM-BA-4932

Site Basildon Town Basildon Salary £25,272 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you passionate about food? Do you enjoy meeting and working with a variety of people?

We are currently have an exciting new opportunity at Basildon Hospital to work in our newly refurbished Restaurant as a Catering Assistant.

Please be aware we cannot offer VISA sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job

If successful you will work in our busy but friendly catering department.

Your duties will include:

Basic food preparation, including packing, labelling, displaying and chilling of sandwiches and other food products.

Serving meals within the agreed standards for portion control and presentation.

Improve our patients, visitors and staff experience through good food and friendly attitude

Please note as this is a cross site role a full driving licence will be required.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Restaurant Catering Assistant role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the role early should we receive sufficient applications.

Qualifications

• Good level of general education including English and Maths GCSE
• Level 2 food safety award

Experience

• Experience of working with the general public
• Experience of cash handling
• Experience of working in catering/retail
• NHS experience

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.