Catering Assistant Hospital

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Main area None Grade NHS AfC:
Band 2 Contract Permanent: 20 hours 5/7 weekends and bank holidays if service requires Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

Site Southport Hospital Town Merseyside Salary £24,465 Per Annum, Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/02/2026 23:59 Interview date 17/02/2026

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Catering Assistant to join our Southport Hospital Catering Department!

The ideal candidate will have a "can do attitude" flexible and will be a team player who has experience working in a busy kitchen environment.

The ideal candidate should have good customer care skills and experience of working in a kitchen/coffee shop/restaurant.

Food Safety level 2 certificate

• To provide a customer focused service
• To organise, deliver, develop and improve the catering service throughout the Trust
• Ensure efficient management of all catering services
• Ensure compliance with all legislation relating to risk management and security
• Ensure compliance with all legislation relating to food safety management
• Basic preparation of food items, service to patient and other meals and functions
• Assist with cooking and regeneration of food as appropriate
• Cleaning of structures, equipment and meal service components as specialised in work instructions
• Store keeping including, checking deliveries, storage and stock rotation
• At times to operate without the direct guidance of a team leader
• Ensure a secure working environment for patients, visitors and staff
• Promote and maintain point of sale, e.g. counter and vending machines
• Undertake all aspects of the Cash handling process

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship…