Senior Catering Assistant

St Catherine’s Hospice Ltd.; Crawley; On-site; GBP 9,900 - 10,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave 25–30 days

Pension scheme with employer contrib.

Life Assurance Scheme

Maternity/adoption pay

Job summary

St Catherine’s Hospice Ltd. in Crawley, West Sussex is seeking a Senior Catering Assistant to join our Catering Team on a permanent, part-time basis (15 hours per week).

Shifts rotate between 7:30am–3:30pm and 11:00am–7:00pm with alternating weekends, offering a healthy work-life balance. You will support our patients, visitors, staff and volunteers by preparing meals, serving refreshments, and working closely with nursing teams to meet dietary needs, while upholding the highest standards of

Qualifications

• Catering experience in healthcare or hospitality preferred.
• Organised and reliable with ability to handle varied workload.
• Passionate about food and delivering high-quality service.

Responsibilities

• Preparing patient meal trays in line with menus and dietary requirements.
• Serving refreshments to patients, relatives, and visitors.
• Working closely with nursing teams to ensure patients' nutritional needs are met.
• Assisting with patient meal ordering and record keeping.
• Maintaining stock levels and informing the Kitchen Lead when supplies require replenishment.
• Cleaning kitchen equipment and work areas to the highest standards of hygiene and safety.

Skills

Catering experience

Customer service

Organised

Reliable

Job description

The salary for this role is between £9,914.28 to £10,060.43 per annum for 15 hours per week

Applications will be reviewed as we receive them, therefore this role may close at any time. Interviews will be arranged on an ad-hoc basis.

The Role:

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Senior Catering Assistant to join our Catering Team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with catering experience who takes pride in their work and is looking to make a difference. You will play an important role in supporting our talented team to maintain high standards for our patients, visitors, staff and volunteers.

This post is offered on a permanent, part time basis working 15 hours per week. Shifts are worked on a rota basis between 7.30am to 3.30pm and 11am to 7pm, rotating alternative weekends. This role offers a great opportunity to achieve a healthy work-life balance, with every other weekend off.

About You:

Are you an organised, reliable individual who enjoys a varied workload? Are you passionate about food and delivering excellent customer service?

Working in a hospice is a rewarding catering role. Every meal, snack, and cup of tea you serve can make a genuine difference to someone's day. If you are confident communicating with colleagues, patients and visitors, passionate about your work and experienced in a catering, hospitality, healthcare or food environment then we would love to hear from you.

Senior Catering Assistantrole will bring:

• Preparing patient meal trays in line with menus and dietary requirements.
• Serving refreshments to patients, relatives, and visitors.
• Working closely with nursing teams to ensure patients' nutritional needs are met.
• Assisting with patient meal ordering and record keeping.
• Maintaining stock levels and informing the Kitchen Lead when supplies require replenishment.
• Cleaning kitchen equipment and work areas to the highest standards of hygiene and safety. Ensuring food safety, hygiene, and health and safety procedures are followed at all times.

For a full job description, please click here .

About Us:

St Catherine’s Hospice is a respected local charity providing specialist hospice care alongside statutory service partners (GPs, District nursing etc) across West Sussex and East Surrey.

We provide care in communities across Surrey and Sussex which are richly diverse and we want to reflect that in everything we do. We celebrate and support difference and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe in the importance of what we do, shareour values and want to be a part of an outstanding team building something important, we’d love to hear from you.

We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL. You can access the Hospice by car, bus, bike or walking, with full transport details on our website.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, committed to creating an inclusive, supportive workplace.

Employees at St Catherine’s Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including :

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with length of service, plus Bank Holidays, and an opportunity to buy / sell annual leave days. Plus we offer a day off for volunteering & moving house.
• Generous Pension scheme with up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS pension.
• Life Assurance Scheme, Counselling Offering, and a range of discounts.
• Enhanced maternity and adoption pay.

Please click here to view all our employee benefits!

Terms & Conditions:

• This role is subject to a Standard DBS check. By applying you are confirming you have read the Enhanced Check Privacy Policy for applicants https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-privacy-policies and understand how DBS will process my personal data and the options available to me for submitting an application.
• Please ensure you have read our employee and recruitment privacy statement prior to applying for this role.
• Must be authorised to work in the United Kingdom, please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorships.
• Please note a requirement of all roles at St Catherine’s is to complete mandatory E-learning training and remain compliant with this throughout your employment.
• We understand that Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be used to support some applications, whilst we do not discourage this, please ensure any documentation and applications submitted accurately and truthfully reflect your own experience and suitability for this role.
• Please note we operate an internal recruitment function and are not engaging agencies at this time.

If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please email [e-mail] or give us a call on 01293 447353.