Catering Assistant - Higher Level

Northumbria Group.; Cramlington; Remote; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Enhanced rates for evenings/nights/bkm

NHS Agenda for Change terms

33 days annual leave + bank holidays

Staff benefits (car lease, electronics

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Catering Assistant to join the team at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care hospital in Cramlington. The role covers 21 hours per week, Wednesday to Friday, with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break.

Responsibilities include food preparation, serving, HACCP compliance, and operating the central dish wash. DBS checks and NHS terms apply, with enhanced pay for evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Basic Food Hygiene and/or Level 1 Food Safety Certificate must be achieved within 6 months of start date.
• Basic Numerate & Literate Skills required.
• NVQ Level 1 or 2 qualification preferred.
• GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent) required.

Responsibilities

• Receiving, checking quality, temperature and quantity of goods from suppliers and storing them per HACCP.
• Serve food to staff and ensure correct temperature per Food Temperature Regulations.
• Operate central dish wash, clean and dry staff crockery and cutlery.
• Prepare vegetables, fruits and salads.
• Prepare and dispatch meals.
• Serve food in restaurant and dining room.
• Restock vending machines and operate Staff Dining Room cash register.

Skills

Basic Numerate & Literate Skills

Education

Basic Food Hygiene and/or Level 1 Food Safety Certificate

NVQ Level 1 or 2

GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)

Job description

Main area Facilities Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

21 hours per week (WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY 10:30AM-18:30PM) Job ref 319-8384455JN-HAS

Site Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care hospital Town Cramlington Salary £25,272 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services for all of Northumbria Healthcare Trust’s sites.

Come and work for us and we can offer you:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Enhanced rates of pay for working evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays
• Favourable employment terms and conditions – we mirror NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions ( https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook ) which includes up to 33 days annual leave + bank holidays per year, generous maternity and paternity leave provisions, occupational sick pay, and much more
• Fantastic staff benefits including car lease, home electronics, cycle to work and priority access to vaccinations, physiotherapy, counselling, among many more
• A great employee experience - we score very highly on our employee satisfaction metrics

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.

Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.

Whilst NHFM are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

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Job overview

We have a position available for a Catering Assistant to join the team. As part of this role, you will be required to maintain the standards of cleanliness as specified throughout the work areas, by means of approved methods. This Vacancy will be a two week rota.

Working a shift pattern Wednesday - Friday 10:30am-6:30pm with a 1 hour un-paid lunchbreak during the day.

Please note that it is a requirement of NHFML that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certificate, if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for receiving, checking for quality, temperature and correct quantity as per order to suppliers, and the storage of such goods in the appropriate area within the time limits set out in the department policy on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP).

To be able to demonstrate the ability to serve food to staff and to be able to check temperature levels and be aware of the Food Temperature Regulations.

Operating the central dish wash machine, cleaning, drying and checking of the staff/ward crockery and cutlery.

Preparation of vegetables, fruits and salads.

Preparation and dispatch of meals.

Service of food in restaurant.

Service of food in the Dining Room and associated areas and preparation of sandwiches, hot snacks and beverages where applicable.

The cleaning and re-stocking of vending machines.

Operation of the Staff Dining Room cash register.

Working for our organisation

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services.

Carrying out facilities management for a state-of-the-art specialist emergency care hospital - The Northumbria, three general hospitals - North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham hospitals - and a number of smaller community hospitals and clinic sites, we cover one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country.

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Responsible for the preparation of foodstuffs, general cleaning of equipment and areas within the Catering Department and preparation and service of food to patients on the ward or to patients, visitors and staff in the dining room. The post holder will be required to operate in thecentral dish wash area.

This vacancy will include all areas of catering and serving meals on wards, of which full training will be provided.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Basic Food Hygiene and/or Level 1 Food Safety Certificate or must be achieved within 6 months of start date
• Basic Numerate & Literate Skills
• NVQ Level 1 or 2
• GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)

The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and those who have been looked after by the care system as a child or young person (for example, in foster care, children's homes, kinship or local authority care) who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line CQC and statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

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.

Name Katie Wright Job title Catering Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0191 6072162

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