Catering Assistant

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in Bury is looking for a Catering Assistant to help with meal plating, cleaning, and food management duties. Ideal candidates will have flexibility, the ability to work under pressure, and a Level 2 food safety qualification. Responsibilities include cleaning premises, operating dishwashers, and ensuring accurate food storage. This role supports vital healthcare services across Greater Manchester and offers a competitive benefits package including flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience of large scale catering.
• Able to fulfil the physical requirements of the job.
• Experience of HACCP procedures.

Responsibilities

• Clean premises and equipment to the required standards.
• Operate and clean automatic dishwashers.
• Plate up patient's meals for distribution.
• Record temperatures of meals accurately.
• Collect patient's daily food requirements.
• Ensure correct storage and rotation of food items.

Skills

Flexibility to work within various roles within the team

Ability to work well under pressure

Able to travel to other locations if required

Education

Level 2 food safety qualification

Job description

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Catering Assistant

The closing date is 22 December 2025

An opportunity has arisen for a Catering Assistant to join us to assist in the plating up of patient's meals, washing of all returning pots and trolleys general cleaning duties with the economical use of materials and equipment. You will also record all information requested by management.

You will be able to work without supervision at the stated place of work, but may be asked to work at any of the Trust's Kitchens

Main duties of the job

• The cleaning of premises and equipment to correct standards of cleanliness and frequencies laid down in the cleaning schedules and departmental hygiene policy
• Operating and cleaning an automatic dishwashers
• The Plating up of patient's meals ready for distribution to wards.
• Temperature probing of meals and the accurate recording of temperatures in accordance with the departments HACCP procedure.
• Collection of patient's daily food requirements.
• The taking of certain food items to the wards with the subsequent correct storage, rotation, and maintenance of minimum /maximum stock levels.
• It may be necessary to handle cash and to do so within the Trust's policies and procedures.
• Completion of all appropriate documentation.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Skills

• Flexibility to work within various roles within the team
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Able to travel to other locations if required

Experience

• Experience of large scale catering
• Able to fulfil the physical requirements of the job
• Experience of HACCP procedures

Qualifications

• Level 2 food safety qualification

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.

North Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust