Catering Assistant (Longmoor House) | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking a Catering Assistant. The role includes preparing and serving meals to patients, maintaining hygiene standards, and adhering to high-quality service provisions. Candidates must have basic IT skills and the ability to work flexibly within a busy hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Basic IT skills are essential for conducting electronic training and appraisals.
• Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing service needs.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals to patients, staff, and visitors.
• Undertake cleaning and monitoring duties to maintain food hygiene standards.
• Ensure high-quality service provision maintaining trust values.

Skills

IT skills

Flexibility

Self-motivated

Teamwork

Job description

Catering Assistant

Band 2

The following Catering Assistant vacancies have become available at Liverpool University Hospital. Although the jobs are primarily based in the unit advertised, you may be required to work anywhere within the catering department depending on the needs of the service. This could include the Royal site & Broadgreen.

IT skills are required for all positions as the Trust conducts mandatory training and yearly appraisals online.

We are looking for staff who are self-motivated and can work in a team or independently without supervision. We require staff who are flexible and open to change to join our catering team. These positions will be based in a busy hospital, and you may be moved as the needs of the service require. You may also be required to work Bank holidays, including Christmas Day.

Longmoor House

Longmoor House (formerly called Stoddart House) is a self-contained unit with 69 patients, using a cook/freeze system for feeding. Each floor has a regeneration kitchen and a dining room. Patients may be fed in the dining room or in their rooms.

The catering service includes:

- Serving 5 beverages and snacks per day, washing crockery from each meal service and beverage run.
- Collecting, washing, and refreshing water jugs twice a day, taking meal orders from patients twice a day.
- Regenerating cook/freeze meals, preparing snacks, salads, and sandwiches, and serving meals.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, and Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group aims to improve patient care.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities — from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital offers elective surgical, diagnostic, and treatment services, along with patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specializes in women and babies' health, delivering over 7,200 babies annually. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country with 100% single bedrooms, focusing on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, visit their careers page.

Responsibilities include:
- Involved in the preparation and service of meals to patients, staff, and visitors.
- Undertaking cleaning and monitoring duties to maintain food hygiene standards within kitchens, ward kitchens, dining rooms, and coffee shops.
- Ensuring high-quality service provision at all times, maintaining trust values.

All training and appraisals are conducted electronically, so basic IT skills are essential.

This advert closes on Thursday 14 Aug 2025.