Catering Assistant

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Catering Assistant (NHS AfC Band 2) for 20 hours per week, on a part-time, pro rata basis at Warrington Hospital. The role delivers patient and staff meals, maintains high food safety standards, and supports kitchen operations and cleaning duties across wards as required.

The post is housed within Warrington Hospital’s catering team, with responsibilities including dishwashing, equipment cleaning, and assisting with dietary

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in catering or healthcare settings.
• Good communication skills are essential.
• Physically fit to perform duties in a busy environment.
• Ability to concentrate during meal service, reading menu cards as required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver meals to patients and staff via plated or bulk service while maintaining high presentation and food safety standards.
• Carry out dishwashing and kitchen cleaning duties.
• Deli ver deliveries and accept goods into the department as needed.
• Coordinate with managers and supervisors on daily tasks.
• Support new starters with shadowing duties in the department.
• Visit wards to confirm patient meal choices.

Skills

Good communication

Physically fit

Concentration under service

Job description

Main area Catering Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 20 hours per week (Per Annum, Pro Rata) Job ref 370-ANC2WCS-2244

Employer North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Warrington Town Warrington Salary £25,272 Per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 11/09/2026 23:59

Catering Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 2

Job overview

To deliver a meal service to patients and staff, either by plated or bulk delivery system, ensuring that presentation standards are high and food safety standards are adhered too.

To carry out dishwashing duties, cleaning of equipment and cleaning of the kitchen and associated areas.

Main duties of the job

1.To communicate on a daily basis with colleagues and nursing staff, this could be face to face within the hospital or by receiving telephone requests into the department for extra meals or special diets.

2.To deal with deliveries on a occasional basis, receiving deliveries within the department.

3.To liaise with Managers & supervisors daily and act upon specific tasks required.

4.To allow new starters to shadow various duties in the department such as cleaning, dishwashing and food service.

5.To visit wards as and when required to gain patient meal choices.

6.To ensure tasks such as trolley transportation, tug driving, use of equipment, lifting hot liquids and other tasks which may carry a hazard to oneself or others are carried out in a safe manner.

Carry out general cleaning duties within the department for example floor cleaning, cleaning of the equipment and emptying rubbish bins, ensuring cleaning schedules are completed and COSHH regulations are observed

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Carry out general cleaning duties within the department for example floor cleaning, cleaning of the equipment and emptying rubbish bins, ensuring cleaning schedules are completed and COSHH regulations are observed

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Person specification

Experience

• Minimum 3 years
• Good communication

Experience

• Physically fit
• Need for concentration due to the reading of menu cards during meal service

Further Information

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All advertised roles may close early if there are high numbers of suitable candidates.

Pre-employment checks for applicants with previous NHS service will include confirmation of any Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS), Voluntary Redundancy or Compulsory Redundancy payments received.

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.