Retail Catering Assistant | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS healthcare provider in Bury is looking for a skilled individual to join their catering team. The role involves serving food, maintaining stock, and ensuring high hygiene standards in a busy restaurant environment. The ideal candidate should be able to work independently or as part of a team and have a commitment to excellent customer service. Competitive benefits include flexible working opportunities and a robust annual leave allowance.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Responsibilities

• Setting up the counter for the day's service.
• Checking all floats making sure they are correct at the start of service.
• Serving customers hot and cold meals and preparing deli sandwiches in a friendly manner.
• Stocking shelves and maintaining stock levels.
• Storing and rotating stock according to standards.
• Producing barista style coffee.
• Temperature probing of food items as per HACCP procedures.
• Completing documentation for legal compliance.
• Cleaning premises and equipment according to hygiene policies.
• Working on an EPOS till and adhering to cash handling policies.
• Maintaining health and safety standards.

Job description

The aims of the department are to provide a high quality, customer focused, cost effective, and well-presented service, providing a service to staff, visitors and patients. The post holder will, ensuring the correct and economical use of materials and equipment.

The post holder will be able to work with / without supervision in a busy restaurant, at the stated place of work, but may be asked to work at any of the Trust’s Catering outlets should the situation arise.

Key responsibilities include:

• Setting up the counter for the days service.
• Checking all floats making sure they are correct at the start of service.
• Serving customers of hot and cold meals and preparing deli sandwiches in a friendly helpful manner.
• Stocking shelves, fridges and ensuring stock levels are maintained.
• The correct storage and rotation of stock, and maintenance of minimum/maximum stock level.
• Producing barista style coffee as required.
• Temperature probing of sandwiches and hot food items and the recording of temperatures in accordance with department HACCP procedures.
• Completion of any appropriate documentation to ensure legal compliance.
• The cleaning of premises and equipment to correct standards of cleanliness and frequencies laid down in the cleaning schedules and departmental hygiene policies.
• Working on a EPOS based till and adhering to the Cash handling policies and procedures.
• Cleaning to standards and frequencies laid down in cleaning schedules, to ensure correct standards of cleanliness and hygiene in accordance with the hygiene policy and current legislation.
• To comply with the policy of HACCP and adapt to any new regulations.
• To work in such a way that does not endanger the safety of self and colleagues, by maintaining a clean, tidy and safe work place area in accordance to the Health and Safety at Work Act.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Note: This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025. For more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or visit our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk