Cleaning & Catering Assistant - Weston

NHS; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Weston-super-Mare seeks Cleaning & Catering Assistants to maintain high standards of hygiene and patient service. Responsibilities include supporting the clinical team and providing catering services. Candidates should possess basic reading and writing skills, NVQ Level 1 or relevant cleaning experience, and ideally previous NHS experience. This role offers a competitive pay structure, with 27 days of holiday per year, and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Starting salary of £12.51 per hour

Pay uplift for unsociable hours

27 days holiday per year pro rata

Paid statutory holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Qualifications

• Basic education in reading and writing, plus basic numeric skills.
• NVQ Level 1 or cleaning experience in a similar field.
• Previous NHS experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean, and hygienic environment.
• Provide catering services to inpatients.

Skills

Basic Reading and Writing Skills

Basic Numeric Skills

Education

NVQ Level 1 or Cleaning experience

Job description

Cleaning & Catering Assistant – Weston

Go back University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is hiring a Cleaning & Catering Assistant to keep our hospital clean and our patients fed.

The closing date is 04 January 2026

We are currently recruiting Cleaning & Catering Assistants to help us maintain a high standard of patient service and clinical care to our local population.

Pay details: £12.51 per hour on weekdays, £17.63 per hour on weekday nights (after 8pm) & Saturdays, £22.89 per hour on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

As a Cleaning and Catering Assistant you will help support the clinical team by maintaining a safe, clean & hygienic environment and providing a catering service to our inpatients.

Main duties

The shifts we have available are two week rolling rotas for the following hours:

• 21 hours a week
• 24 hours a week
• 30 hours a week

Benefits

• Starting salary of £12.51 per hour!
• Pay uplift for unsociable hours.
• 27 days holiday per year pro rata
• Paid statutory holidays
• Contributory pension scheme

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country. We bring 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.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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 will require a Disclosure and Barring Service check to confirm no previous convictions.