Catering Assistant Retail

The closing date is 25th Nov 2025

Anticipated Interview date(s) 28th November 2025

Job summary

Are you passionate about food service and customer care? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working as part of a team? We're looking for Catering Assistants to join our team at Musgrove Park Hospital and play a key role in delivering high-quality food and service to our patients, staff, and visitors in The Breeze @ MPH.

If you're ready to join a dynamic team and contribute to a high-quality catering service in a healthcare setting, we'd love to hear from you

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The Breeze @ Musgrove Park Hospital is a busy restaurant. As a Catering Assistant, you will be an essential part of the team, helping to ensure the efficient operation of our hospital catering service. Your duties will include:

• Food preparation - making sandwiches, rolls, salads, and more, following recipe cards and established procedures.
• Serving food and beverages to patients, staff, and visitors in our hospital's retail outlets and wards.
• Stock management - unloading, storing, and picking food items, including refrigerated and frozen goods.
• Cleaning and hygiene - ensuring catering areas, kitchens, and equipment are maintained to high standards, following HACCP procedures and recording on Kelsius.
• Till operation - processing sales and handling cash/card transactions in our cafes and food outlets.
• Supporting hospital functions - preparing and delivering catering for events and meetings.
• Following food safety standards - complying with all hygiene and safety regulations, including allergens and infection control.

About us

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

• Flexible working options to help you balance work and life
• NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security
• Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax
• A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential

Additionally, you'll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.

We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.

The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.

Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.

Job description

To ensure a high standard of customer service. Compliance with the Catering Food Safety HACCP, Trust policies and procedures and to the Food Safety Act and Food Hygiene Regulations. Please see the attached job description for more details

Person specification
Qualifications
Essential

Level 2 Food Hygiene

NVQ Front of House

Experience
Essential

Experience of working in a busy restaurant or a similar environment

Knowledge of food hygiene

Knowledge of allergens

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

For help with your application, contact:

Amanda Vickery

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£ to £ Hourly

Contract

Fixed Term

Duration

12 Month(s)

Working pattern

Full-Time

Reference number

184-OL-PU-3649

Job locations

Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 5DA

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