Catering Services Operative - Retail (Selby)

TN United Kingdom; Selby; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Catering Services Operative to join their dynamic team in Selby. This role involves delivering exceptional customer service in a busy café setting, serving hospital staff and visitors. You'll be responsible for cash handling, food preparation, and maintaining a clean environment. With exciting plans to introduce new food concepts, this position offers a unique opportunity for growth and development in a supportive organization. If you're energetic and have a passion for service, this role is perfect for you!

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27-33 Days Holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Learning and Development Opportunities

Discounts on Restaurants and Shopping

Qualifications

• Experience in catering customer front service role is essential.
• Basic education with reading, writing, and numeric skills required.

Responsibilities

• Serve food and drinks to customers in a fast-paced café environment.
• Handle cash transactions and maintain cleanliness in the café.

Skills

Customer Service

Cash Handling

Food Preparation

Basic Numeracy

Education

Good Basic Education

BICSc Qualification/NVQ Level 2

Job description

Catering Services Operative - Retail (Selby), Selby

Client:

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Selby, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Retail

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

2f385b5f1a4a

Job Views:

13

Posted:

28.04.2025

Expiry Date:

12.06.2025

Job Description:

Job overview

Contract - Permanent

Base - Selby

We are looking predominantly for service people who can deliver "Make Their Day" service on a daily basis. The Café at Selby is fast paced and very busy during lunch times service , mainly serving hospital staff and visitors and we require someone with lots of drive and energy, with a "can do" attitude.
The Café opens from 8am-3pm, Monday to Friday and shift patterns could be any time within the opening hours.

Every day is different a and tasks include working on the tills, serving on hot counters, working in pot wash or wiping tables and sweeping floors. Exciting times also lay ahead as their are plans to introduce new food concepts, such as Subways styled deli and pizza.

Main duties of the job

Duties are, but not limited to:

• Working on the tills and cash handling
• Serving on hot counters
• Sandwich artist working on the deli counter
• Wiping tables and sweeping floor
• Working in pot wash
• Helping out working in the wards serving food to patients
• Assisting in the kitchen when required

Working for our organisation

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

·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 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 fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 you 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 play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.

art 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.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

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.

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

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.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

• Good basic education which includes reading and writing plus basic numeric skills.
• BICSc Qualification/NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning/Catering or equivalent

Experience and Knowledge Required

• One year work experience in a catering customer front service role.

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Created on 28/04/2025 by TN United Kingdom