Cleaning and Catering Assistant

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Weston-super-Mare is seeking a Cleaning and Catering Assistant to maintain hygiene and provide catering services. Duties include cleaning clinical and non-clinical areas, and serving food to patients. The role offers flexible working hours with competitive pay rates. Ideal for candidates looking to contribute to high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

27 days holiday per year pro-rata

Paid statutory holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Fluent in English to an appropriate standard, assessed at interview.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean and hygienic environment.
• Serve food to patients and provide a basic catering service.
• Clean hospital areas to the required standard.

Job description

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under‑represented within the Trust. Click on this link to find out about our values https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/p/about-us/our-trust-values

About the role

As a Cleaning and Catering Assistant, you will support the clinical team in delivering high‑standard patient service and clinical care to the people of our local population. Your main responsibilities are to maintain a safe, clean and hygienic environment while providing a catering service to in‑patients. You will clean the hospital to the required standard following NHS cleaning protocols and lead in the cleaning of clinical and non‑clinical areas. You will also serve food to patients, providing a basic catering service.

Diversity and equality

We are an equal opportunities employer working towards a diverse workforce. We aim to recruit and retain staff representing the rich diversity of the local population at all levels, designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we are meeting our pledge.

Eligibility

• To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard, which will be assessed at interview.
• If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points‑based system.
• By applying for this post you agree to transfer the information contained in this application to the Trust’s applicant management system and, if offered a job, to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
• We will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e‑mails; we will never ask for any payments.

Working hours & pay

• Monday – Friday 17:00 – 19:00 (10 hours/week)
• Monday – Friday 16:30 – 19:30 (15 hours/week)
• Monday – Friday 15:30 – 20:00 (22 hours/week)
• Saturday – Sunday 07:30 – 13:30 (11 hours/week)
• Pay: £12.51/hour on weekdays, £17.63/hour for weekday nights (after 8pm) & Saturdays, and £22.89/hour for Sundays and Bank Holidays. This post also attracts pay uplift for unsociable hours if worked.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday per year pro‑rata
• Paid statutory holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible working hours

Working for us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute trusts in the country, with over 13,000 staff and more than 100 clinical services across 10 sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people. UHBW has been rated "Good" overall by the CQC. As a forward‑thinking, multi‑award‑winning Trust and a digital exemplar, we commit to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.