Catering Assistant - 32.5 Hours per week

British Antarctic Surve; Worthing; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic catering role at St Barnabas Hospice in Worthing involves preparing meals and serving patients in a care setting. Ideal candidates will be enthusiastic and experienced in food handling, with a strong focus on teamwork and patient care. The position offers flexible hours, a company pension scheme, and various employee benefits, including generous leave and educational support opportunities.

Benefits

Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme

Up to 35 days annual leave

On-site education support

Health Shield access for healthcare cover

Free parking

Subsidised meals

Corporate rate gym membership

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in Service benefit

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a care environment preferred.
• Understanding of food handling and hygiene regulations.
• Catering experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Laying up trays and serving afternoon tea to patients.
• Preparing salads and sandwiches and replenishing stock.
• Cleaning work areas and conducting daily/weekly cleaning duties.

Skills

Food handling and hygiene understanding

Teamwork

Caring

Initiative

Flexibility

Job description

Are you energetic, enthusiastic, hardworking and caring? We are looking for someone to join our busy catering team at St Barnabas Hospice.

Working on a weekly rota system between our main kitchen, in-patient unit and coffee shop, you will need to be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.

Main duties will include laying up trays, collecting returns from patients’ rooms, water and drinks round for the patients, liaising with our nursing team regarding patients’ meal requirements; salad and sandwich preparation, vegetable preparation, replenishing stock; opening, serving on and closing-down the coffee shop, filling vending machines; washing-up and cleaning work areas.

You will be serving the patients’ afternoon tea round each day.

There are daily and weekly cleaning duties that you will need to complete on shift.

Previous experience of working in a care environment and/or an understanding of food handling and hygiene regulations would be preferred

Previous catering experience would be an advantage.

You will need to have a flexible, team-orientated approach and must be comfortable working in the hospice setting, working in the ward areas and going into our patients’ rooms.

You will, on occasion, be asked to work additional hours to cover annual leave or sickness

You will be required to work a share of Bank Holidays, including over the Christmas period.

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK.We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Chestnut Tree Houseis the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.