Clinical Catering Assistant (Bank)

Parexel International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Clinical Catering Assistant in a state-of-the-art facility. This role offers flexible shifts and the opportunity to support clinical trial participants by providing meals and maintaining a clean catering area. You'll be part of a dedicated team ensuring that all food is handled safely and meets study protocols. Your ability to multitask and work under pressure will be key as you coordinate food orders and oversee volunteers during meal times. If you're passionate about hospitality and eager to make a difference in clinical research, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in restaurant or canteen work is essential.
• Basic English knowledge and computer skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Distributing food and beverages to clinical trial participants.
• Maintaining the catering area and ensuring quality control.
• Coordinating food orders and supervising volunteers.

Skills

Experience in restaurant or canteen work

Basic English knowledge

Computer skills (Windows Office)

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to work in shifts

Good communication skills

Ability to handle kitchen equipment

Education

Secondary school qualification

Job description

Come and join our team at Parexel’s Early Phase Clinical Unit in Harrow as a Clinical Catering Assistant. This is a BANK role offering flexible shifts with up to 37.5 hours per week; rotational shifts include weekends.

Our Early Phase Unit is located in Northwick Park Hospital and is staffed around the clock by our highly trained and certified team. It features state-of-the-art monitoring technologies and offers our clinical trial participants a safe and comfortable environment for medical care. Our first-in-human study premises offer recreational facilities for the participants, a screening department, wards, a laboratory, and a pharmacy.

The main purpose of the job is to distribute food and beverages to clinical trial participants and to maintain the catering area.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Providing meals to participants:

• Coordination and ordering food from the caterer for volunteers in cooperation with the study team
• Distribute food and beverages to trial participants according to study protocol and internal requirements
• Supervise volunteers during mealtimes, assisting them with catering requirements as needed
• Ensure menus have macro-nutrients checked by the Dietician

Following study protocol:

• Ensure that the meals are correct (ingredients and macro-nutrients) and distributed as per protocol time
• Document meal and beverage start and stop times when required by a study
• Document beverages distribution times and provided volumes as per source data agreement
• Weigh food before and after when demanded by the study protocol
• Estimate percentage consumption when required by protocol

Maintaining catering area:

• Store food and beverages according to individual storage requirements
• Perform quality controls on expiry dates of stored food and drinks
• Clean and maintain kitchen and equipment
• Maintain stock
• Oversee staff kitchen areas and maintain stock levels as required

Unit support:

• Hospitality set-up and oversee food orders
• Other tasks as deemed necessary by the manager and the needs of the EPCU

Skills & Experience:

• Experience in restaurant or canteen work or equivalent
• Basic English knowledge
• Computer skills (Windows Office)
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask during peak workloads
• Ability to work in shifts (early, late)
• Ability to work on weekends and holidays
• Good communication skills
• Ability to handle and operate kitchen equipment with health and safety in mind

Education:

• A secondary school qualification.