Catering Assistant

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading University Hospital as a Catering Team Member, where you’ll provide culinary services to staff, visitors, and patients. Enjoy flexible working hours with the opportunity for full training. Benefit from an excellent benefits package including free parking, gym discounts, and a warm team atmosphere.

Benefits

Free on-site parking

Free tea and coffee

Great flexible working opportunities

Discounted gym membership

Lease car scheme

Generous annual leave and pension scheme

On site nursery (chargeable)

Extensive staff health and well-being programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy restaurant environment.
• Passion for maintaining cleanliness and tidiness.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and deliver food and provisions.
• Aid in cooking tasks and food preparation.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Cleanliness

Job description

Department: Hotel Services

Band 2 £24,169 Per annum, pro rata

Hours: Part-time 22.5 hours per week. Working 5 days out of 7 Predominantly Monday to Friday 11.00am to 16.00pm (1/2 Hour Break unpaid)

Be a part of a great team providing a professional service to Staff, Visitors and Patients.

Milton Keynes Hospital has a fresh cook staff restaurant offering breakfast, lunch, and evening meal along with snacks and a proud to serve Costa.

We are pleased that many of our existing catering staff have worked in the department for a long time which makes it a great place to work in an everchanging environment. If you are welcoming have great customer service skills, you need to apply for this role.

We are looking for a team member that has worked in a busy Restaurant and has a passion for keeping the environment clean and tidy. The restaurant offers on site hospitality and retail and is a busy fast paced environment. We want you to be part of a team that makes a real difference to our staff restaurant enhancing patients and staff experience whilst in hospital. Don’t worry if you have not worked in a hospital before - full training and induction will be given, special diets, food allergens, food hygiene and foodservice.

Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.

Interview date: 23 June 2025

'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

Post holders will be responsible for assembling and delivering food and provisions across Milton Keynes University Hospital sites in accordance with specified standards.

Post holders will be required to provide a wide range of Catering service-related tasks within Milton Keynes University Hospital sites.

The post holder will aid in cooking tasks and food preparation as per daily work plan using different cooking and preparation methods, keeping to time schedules set out by the Supervisor.

MKUH staff scored highest for ‘I look forward to coming to work’ (NHS Staff Survey 2023).

Benefits

You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Free on-site parking
• Free tea and coffee
• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• On site nursery (chargeable)
• Extensive staff health and well-being programme
  
  

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Francesco Fiore Job title: Catering Manager Email address: [e-mail]