Catering AssistantNHS
Job summary
As a catering assistant you will be working as part of a large established professional catering team providing catering services for patients and staff on the Royal Victoria Infirmary site.The catering department provides a wide range of food services for both patients and staff on a daily basis for breakfast, lunch and evening meal from its on-site kitchen 7 days a week.
There is currently vacant positions, hours are as follows
- 18.66 per week based on a 3 week rotational cycle working 2 weekend in 3
- Hours of work are 4 hours each day between 07.00 and 20.00
Successful candidates will be able to work as an integral part of a large team within the catering department or on their own providing catering services at ward level.
This job will involve walking to and from wards and departments.
Plating patient meals in the patient service area, loading patient meal trolleys at ward level.
- Interview Date Friday 11 September 2026
- 18 Hours 45 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
- Setting up for patient meal service both in the patient meal service area or at ward level
- Ensure all food products are portioned and presented in the correct manner
- Follow patient's menu choice requests at all times including any specific Dietary or Allergen requirements
- To ensure correct use, storage and rotation of all food products
- Ensure compliance with all food hygiene and food safety management regulation's (HACCP)
- Complete all food safety compliance paperwork as required
- Ensure the highest standard of departmental hygiene are maintained
- Report any equipment faults which may be identified at the earliest opportunity
Job description
- Responsible for assisting in the efficient and effective preparation and service of food and beverages to patients, staff and visitors including the associated cleaning and hygiene related duties.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust