Catering Operative - Scarborough | York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management’

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust is seeking enthusiastic Catering Operatives to join Scarborough Hospital's Catering Department. Candidates should be friendly, adaptable, and possess strong interpersonal skills. Responsibilities include delivering food, serving, and maintaining kitchen cleanliness. Full training is provided, and flexible working hours are required. This role also offers substantial benefits including NHS Pension and generous holiday allowances. Apply early as closing date is September 15, 2025.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Generous relocation package

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Friendly and motivated team player.
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritize tasks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver food trollies to ward areas.
• Serve in Pats Place and deliver functions.
• Maintain cleanliness and monitor food temperatures.

Skills

Catering experience

Customer service

Teamwork

Adaptability

Job description

Overview

Are you a strong team player, friendly and motivated? Then we may have the role for you! Scarborough Hospital Catering Department requires enthusiastic Catering Operatives to work mainly in the Main kitchen area of the Catering Department, but could be asked to work in the Satellite Area and Dining Room. Applicants must be able to demonstrate the ability to be adaptable and flexible, in order to work variable hours. You must be able to use initiative, be self-motivated and have strong interpersonal and organisational/time management skills. Applicants must be able to work under pressure, prioritise their own workload and be able to carry out physical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Delivering food trollies to the ward areas
• Serving in Pats Place
• Delivering Function with in the trust
• Using ovens to regenerate food
• Keeping the kitchen areas clean
• Monitoring food temperatures as part of HACCP
• Washing up and other general cleaning duties
• The role also could involve working in other areas of the Catering Department

Qualifications and skills

• Catering experience (ideal)
• Fantastic with customers
• Good team player and able to work on their own unsupervised
• Full training will be provided
• Enhanced rates apply when working at the weekend

Additional information

To find out more about working for our Trust, please visit the Trust site: York Hospitals page

Our benefits include:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the benefits offered please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence. Our values support our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks to increase applications from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:[e-mail].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

YTHFM are currently funding level 1 membership of a Tailored Healthcare Cash Plan for all substantive Band 2 and 3 staff, on a trial basis and as a gesture of goodwill. This provides employees with access to a range of benefits, including refunding the costs of optical and dental services, physiotherapy, and wellbeing treatments, up to defined limits. This does not form part of our terms and conditions of employment and could be withdrawn at any time. We also offer discounted membership of Westfield Health’s standard Plan for staff on bank contracts or employed in Band 4 or above.

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We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Sep 2025