Catering Assistant - Cold Room - (Part time)

Integrated Care System; Poole; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a motivated Catering Assistant for part-time roles at Poole Hospital. The ideal candidate will prepare a variety of food items and maintain cleanliness in a cold environment. Applicants should have prior catering experience, good organizational skills, and be able to work weekends as required. This position offers competitive pay based on hours worked.

Benefits

Cold weather clothing provided

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Prior work experience within the catering industry (2 years).
• Prior experience in food handling.
• Good general understanding of food safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Make sandwiches, salads, baguettes, and assist with patient production.
• Maintain cleanliness of the work area.
• Work with minimal supervision in a busy environment.

Skills

Food safety awareness

Organizational skills

Ability to work in a cold environment

Teamwork

Flexibility

Reliability

Education

Good standard of Education (GCSE's Grade D or above)

Basic Food Hygiene

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Catering Assistant - Cold Room - (Part time)

The closing date is 21 August 2025

A vacancy has arisen for a motivated person to join the "Cold Prep Section" in the Catering department at University Hospitals Dorset.

This is a very demanding job and requires a good level of physical fitness, flexibility, and good organisational skills.

You should be able to work with minimal supervision on your own initiative in this busy location.

Duties include, making sandwiches, salads, baguettes, Panini's and salad bar preparation. In addition, some general cleaning is required and a possibility of helping on the patient production line.

Due to working in the cold room, cold weather clothing will be provided including:

Boots , socks, thermal garments, snoods and sweatshirts as required.

***Please note there are 2 part time roles available for 16 hours per week and 12 hours per week ***

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Please note if you previously applied and were not successful we will not be able to reconsider your application within 3 months.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

This post is part of the Operational Estates service that UHD may transfer to an NHS 'wholly owned subsidiary'; the proposed date of transfer is October 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing, expanding, organisation with a strong commitment to NHS values and putting patients first. The NHS wholly owned subsidiary will continue to offer NHS AFC T&Cs to current employees who transfer in October as well as to new employees recruited after that date.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good standard of Education (GCSE's Grade D or above)
• Basic Food Hygiene
• Aware of relevant trg upgrades E.G. Allergen info

Experience

• Prior Work Experience within Catering Industry (2yrs)
• Prior Experience in food handling

Knowledge

• Good general understanding of food safety regulations

Personal Skills

• Ability to identify opportunities for improvements within your area of responsibility
• Openness to change and ability to respond to this to improve performance
• Be able to work in a cold environment
• Proven reliability

Other skills

• Willingness to be flexible in your working hours and able to work on weekends.
• Able to work as part of a team and mix with other members of staff

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.

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

£24,465 a yearpa (pro rata if part time)