Job Description

Job Title:

Catering Assistant (Barista)

Trust:

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Location:

Southport & Formby District General Hospital, PR8 6PN

Shift Pattern:

Monday - Friday, 5 days/week on a rota basis/ shift rotation: 11am-6pm & 10am-3pm

Band & Pay:

Band 2 - 12.21 - 22.37 per hour

About the Role:

We are looking for motivated and reliable Catering Assistants to join our hospital catering teams. As a vital part of the patient care journey, you'll play an essential role in preparing and serving nutritious meals to patients, staff, and visitors, ensuring high standards of hygiene and service throughout.

You'll be responsible for supporting the kitchen team with food preparation, ward meal service, and maintaining a clean and safe catering environment. Whether you're plating up meals or delivering food to wards, your role directly impacts patient experience and recovery.

This is a hands-on position that requires teamwork, attention to detail, and a commitment to delivering great service every day.

Responsibilities:

Customer Service: Greet customers, take orders, and handle payments. Drink and Food Preparation: Make coffee and other beverages, serve snacks. Cleaning and Maintenance: Keep the shop clean, manage stock, and maintain equipment. General Duties: Follow safety regulations, report issues, and work well with the team.

Requirements:

- Experience in a similar role

- Barista experience an advantage, although training will be given.

- Food Safety L2 OR Food Hygiene Certificate (Mandatory)

- Food hygiene knowledge

- A good understanding of spoken and written English.

- Experience in a similar role (though full training given)

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

- Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week

- Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime

- Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts

- Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your "My Bank" shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

- Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements

- Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more

- Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us

- Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

About the Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL) serves a population of over 600,000 with a combined workforce of around 9,000 dedicated and skilled staff. Our staff deliver care from a range of locations including hospitals, community locations and in patient's own homes. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

Disclaimer

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 12.21-22.37 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

Company pension
Physical Setting:

Cafe Coffee shop Hospital
Shift:

Day shift
Work days:

Monday to Friday Weekend availability
Licence/Certification:

Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 82554/82553