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NHS Scotland; Cupar; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uniform provided

PPE supplied

Workplace pension scheme

Family-friendly policies

Weekend pay enhancements

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking a Catering Assistant to join the Stratheden hospital catering team. You will prepare, produce and present menu items for patients, staff and visitors, and help maintain a clean, safe kitchen environment.

The role requires relevant catering qualifications and experience in large-scale catering, flexibility to cover leave, weekend shifts, and PVG scheme eligibility. Uniform and PPE are provided, with generous holiday entitlement and enhanced weekend pay.

Qualifications

• Food hygiene certificate and knowledge of current Food Safety Legislation.
• HACCP knowledge and relevant catering qualifications.
• Experience in large-scale catering is advantageous.
• Flexibility to cover annual leave or sickness; weekend work required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, produce and present menu items for patients, staff and visitors.
• Assist with maintaining a clean, safe working environment in the catering service.
• Participate in shifts as required, including weekend work.

Skills

Food hygiene certificate

Food safety knowledge

HACCP knowledge

Flexibility

Large-scale catering experience

Education

City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join our dedicated team of Support Services staff within the catering department at Stratheden hospital.

Duties include preparing, producing and presenting the menu items required for the food service to patients, staff and visitors. Assisting with maintaining a clean safe working environment for the delivery of the catering service. An up to date Food Hygiene Certificate, knowledge of current Food Safety Legislation and HACCP, relevant catering qualifications, City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent. Previous experience of working within a large scale catering environment would be an advantage. A degree of flexibility is essential to the post, as you may be required to cover for annual leave or sickness absence. This post will involve working weekends.

Uniform and PPE are supplied, inclusion to the workplace pension scheme, and family friendly policies. Excellent rate of pay, enhanced rates for working at weekends +37% Saturday and +74% Sunday also generous holiday entitlement, on commencement 27days and 8 Public Holidays.

To cover the needs of the service a range of shifts are as follows, earliest start 6.30am to 2.30pm, 8.30am to 4.30pm and 10am to 6pm. The post will involve working mainly at Stratheden Hospital but there is a requirement to cover some shifts at St Andrews Community Hospital to suit the needs of the service.

For informal enquiries, please contact Andrea Fearon on 01334 696309 between the hours of 10am to 3pm Monday to Friday.

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A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.