Catering Assistant

Advert Code: EF15QP

The Catering team are responsible for providing all patient food from breakfast through to lunch and supper. Full training and the opportunity to gain qualifications is provided; however experienced candidates are also encouraged to apply. Therefore, if you have experience of working in a busy catering environment and have demonstrable experience of working autonomously, along with being a confident communicator, why not consider joining our team? 

In return for your hard work, we will offer you:-

a competitive salary and additional pay for any unsocial hours that you work
access to a number of local and national discounts - on holidays, insurance, shopping and a whole lot more
an industry leading pension
an environment where you can expect to be supported and developed.

We have the following posts available

25 hours per week including alternate Weekends

Are you looking for a role where no experience is necessary and full training is provided? 

Would you like to do a role that makes a difference and supports patients in hospital?  

Yes!  Read on... 

We are seeking a Catering Assistant to join our well established and friendly team at Horton General Hospital, Banbury, Oxfordshire.

As the Catering Assistant you will work as part of a dedicated team providing professional and customer focused catering service to patients. Full training and development is provided as well as the opportunity to gain food hygiene qualifications.

• • Ability to communicate with staff at various levels of the organisation
• • Well organized and methodical, with the ability to operate machinery and equipment
• • Team player
• • Flexible approach and adaptable in response to changing service needs
• • Relevant catering experience
• • Relevant experience in a similar role
• • Ability to work under own initiative to achieve set targets.
• • Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• • Ability to carry out audits and satisfaction surveys
• • Computer literate
• • Problem solving skills

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.