Kernowflex (Bank) Retail Catering Assistant

NHS; Truro; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Cornwall is seeking a Kernowflex (Bank) Retail Catering Assistant to provide excellent customer service in their retail outlets. Duties include serving freshly prepared meals and ensuring all areas are clean and tidy. Candidates should have strong customer service skills, GCSEs in maths and English, and some experience in retail catering. This role offers competitive pay, access to NHS benefits, and opportunities for further training and progression within the organization.

Benefits

Competitive rates of pay

Access to NHS pension scheme

Opportunities for further training

Weekly pay

Flexible working pattern

Paid annual leave

Comprehensive induction and ongoing training

Qualifications

• Experience working within retail catering areas.
• Knowledge of food handling/HACCP and cleaning procedures.

Responsibilities

• Serve staff and visitors freshly prepared meals.
• Prepare refreshments including hot and cold drinks.
• Replenish stock displays and maintain cleanliness.

Skills

Customer service skills

Good communicator

Punctual

Ability to work on own and within a team

Education

GCSE maths and English

Job description

Kernowflex (Bank) Retail Catering Assistant

Kernowflex (Bank) Retail Catering Assistant

To cover annual leave and sickness within our busy retail department. To carry out a wide range of general retail catering duties within our on‑site retail outlets ensuring a high quality level of customer service and food safety following set procedures and specifications. Strong customer service skills are essential.

Main duties of the job

Duties include serving staff and visitors freshly prepared meals, preparing refreshments including hot and cold speciality drinks. Replenishing stock displays and ensuring all areas are clean and tidy.

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people – a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non‑clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.

It's established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.

Website: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/clinical-schools/royal-cornwall-hospitals-nhs-trust-clinical-school

https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231209037

Job responsibilities

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Work health assessments
• Criminal record check standards
• Right to work checks

For further information please visit:

www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Kernowflex (Bank) Retail Catering Assistant

In return for your expertise and hard work, we offer a wide range of benefits including:

Competitive rates of pay with increments.

Access to the NHS pension scheme.

Opportunities to work across various departments and sites, gaining invaluable knowledge and experience.

Unsocial hours enhancements (where applicable).

A flexible working pattern to suit you.

Opportunities for further training (all paid for) and progression into permanent posts.

Paid annual leave quarterly pro rata of working time directives.

Weekly pay.

A comprehensive induction and ongoing mandatory training.

Plus, when you go home, you can relax in the most amazing countryside and coastal environments – work‑life balance here in Cornwall is unrivalled.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE maths and English

Experience

• Working within retail catering areas
• Knowledge of food handling/HACCP and cleaning procedures

Skills

• Good communicator. Punctual. Ability to work on own and within a team.

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.