Catering Assistant

4 weeks ago

Wishaw North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom NHS National Services Scotland Full time

The Role:

We are looking to recruit a Catering Assistantto join the Catering Team at University Hospital Wishaw

The Catering Assistant will work as part of the catering team,to deliver a range of food and beverages, in line with Food Hygiene legislation and NHS Lan arkshire policies and procedures,to meet the nutritional needs of Patients, Staff, and users of NHS Lanarkshire services.

The successful candidate will be expectedwork alongside and support new staff in the working environment

Contract type:

Permanent Post/ 2x Part time /Band 2

  • 1x post - 7.9 hours (16.00 / 20.00)
  • 1x post - 19.8 hours (10.15 / 14.15) or 16.00 / 20.00)

NHS Lanarkshire:

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Why join NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshirebenefits include:

  • A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time staff)
  • A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
  • Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension )
  • Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
  • Occupational health services
  • Employee Counselling services
  • Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

What we'll need you to bring:

  • Knowledge of catering standards and related procedures.
  • Required to undertake on the job training and induction (this will generally take 4-6 weeks, depending on hours/days worked), to achieve full competency across a range of duties.
  • Working knowledge Health & Safety including participation in risk assessing individual tasks
  • Required to undertake Prevention, Assessment & Management of Violence of Aggression (PaMOVA) training level 1 and level 2, if identified following an appropriate risk assessment
  • Undertake NHS Lanarkshire compulsory training
  • Undertake mandatory Health Care Support Workers (HCSW) standards
  • Undertake and complete NHSS Catering Services Workbook.
  • Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment
  • Required to obtain the Elementary Food Hygiene Certificate.
  • Working knowledge of basic information technology

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

Please contact Helen Brown at Helen.Brown3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Devon Westwaterat Devon.Westwater@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email.

Further Information:

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage .

Additional Information for Applicants:

  • Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
  • For help to complete an application on Jobtrain please follow this link:
  • Please note that our correspondence method is by e-mail, therefore please ensure you enter your email address accurately
  • Please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and also your Jobtrain account for updates
  • Please contact Jobtrain Candidate Support Hub - for advice and support with any system issues
  • We recommend using the Internet Browser "Google Chrome" or "Microsoft Edge" when using Jobtrain
  • Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments

In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required thismust be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at .

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer. If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.

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