Catering Assistant

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Catering Assistant to provide catering services for patients and staff at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. The role includes meal service, ensuring food hygiene, and working as part of a large team.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Awareness of good food hygiene practices.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assisting in the efficient and effective preparation and service of food.

Skills

Awareness of good food hygiene practices

Education

Full Clean Driving Licence

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Catering Assistant

The closing date is 22 June 2025

As a catering assistant you will be working as part of a large established professional catering team providing catering services for patients and staff on the Royal Victoria Infirmary site.The catering department provides a wide range of food services for both patients and staff on a daily basis for breakfast, lunch and evening meal from its on-site kitchen 7 days a week.

There is currently 1 vacant position, hours are as followso 18.66 per week based on a 3 week rotational cycle working 2 weekend in 3o Hours of work are 4 hours each day between 07.00 and 20.00

Successful candidates will be able to work as an integral part of a large team within the catering department or on their own providing catering services at ward level.

This job will involve walking to and from wards and departments.

Plating patient meals in the patient service area, loading patient meal trolleys at ward level.

• Interview date: 22 June 2025
• 18 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

• Setting up for patient meal service both in the patient meal service area or at ward level
• Ensure all food products are portioned and presented in the correct manner
• Follow patient's menu choice requests at all times including any specific Dietary or Allergen requirements
• To ensure correct use, storage and rotation of all food products
• Ensure compliance with all food hygiene and food safety management regulation's (HACCP)
• Complete all food safety compliance paperwork as required
• Ensure the highest standard of departmental hygiene are maintained
• Report any equipment faults which may be identified at the earliest opportunity

About us

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

o Freeman Hospital

o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

o Newcastle Dental Hospital

o Newcastle Fertility Centre

o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

o Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• Responsible for assisting in the efficient and effective preparation and service of food and beverages to patients, staff and visitors including the associated cleaning and hygiene related duties.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Full Clean Driving Licence

Knowledge & Experience

• Awareness of good food hygiene practices
• Awareness of good food hygiene practices

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust