Cleaning and Catering Assistant

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW); Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in Bristol is seeking a Cleaning & Catering Assistant to maintain cleanliness and provide catering services to patients. Offering a competitive hourly rate starting at £12.51, with additional pay for unsociable hours. The role involves cleaning clinical areas and serving food, ensuring a safe environment. This position is ideal for those with basic education and prior experience in cleaning, with 27 days of holiday and a contributory pension scheme included.

Benefits

Starting salary of £12.51 per hour

Pay uplift for unsociable hours if worked

27 days holiday per year pro rata

Paid statutory holiday

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Basic education in reading, writing, and numerical skills.
• Experience in a similar field or NVQ Level 1.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean, and hygienic environment.
• Serve food to patients.
• Clean clinical and non-clinical areas.

Skills

Basic Education - Reading and writing

Basic numeric skills

Education

NVQ Level 1 or Cleaning Experience in a similar field

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

Cleaning & Catering Assistant

The closing date is 01 February 2026

Are you looking for a new challenge and want to be a part of our amazing team? We are currently recruiting Cleaning/Catering Assistants to help us keep our hospital clean, and our patients fed.

With a new hourly rate of £12.51 per hour on weekdays, £17.63ph for weekday nights (after 8pm) & Saturdays, and £22.89ph for Sundays and Bank Holidays, there isn't a better time to join the team!

Main duties of the job

As a Cleaning and Catering Assistant, you will be helping to support the clinical team in their delivery of a high standard of patient service and clinical care to the people of our local population. You will be responsible for maintaining a safe, clean & hygienic environment, whilst providing a catering service to our inpatients. Your main responsibilities will be to clean the hospital to the required standard following NHS cleaning protocols; you will lead in the cleaning of clinical and non-clinical areas. You will also be responsible for the serving of food to our patients, providing a basic catering service.

We also offer great benefits which include:-

• Starting salary of £12.51 per hour
• Pay uplift for unsociable hours if worked
• 27 days holiday per year pro rata
• Paid statutory holiday
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible working hours

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description attached to this vacancy.

Qualifications and Training

• Basic Education - Reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
• NVQ Level 1 or Cleaning Experience in a similar field

Knowledge and Experience

• Previous NHS experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)