Catering Assistant

**Catering Assistant |£11.80 per hour | Zero Hours |Newport | Monday to Sunday | Days, Evenings and Weekends |**

If you are passionate about healthcare and want to join a like-minded team, then look no further.

St Joseph’s Independent Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated BANK (Zero Hours) Catering Assistants to join our Catering department.

The general working hours are Monday to Sunday between the hours of 7am-8pm.

**Working with us**

St Joseph's is a world-class hospital providing private healthcare across 40 specialities.

Our vision is to take private healthcare to new levels, offering a service that recognises the individual needs of each patient.

We encourage our employees to have a positive work-life balance, who share our vision to provide world-class healthcare and we work effortlessly on training and development within our workforce to stand out from other healthcare providers. We invest in our staff to ensure they are equipped to provide the best possible service to out patients, putting their care first.

St Joseph's has recently invested over £6m to drive improvements throughout the hospital and ensure patient safety. We are constantly looking for ways to improve what we do - to offer quicker recovery and better outcomes for our patients. With the new investment, the hospital is now better equipped to welcome more patients, creating new jobs which are varied and interesting.

St Joseph's is located north of the city of Newport within the popular area of Malpas lying just outside the boundary of Monmouthshire. Two miles north of the M4 motorway, the hospital is easy to access from Cardiff, Bristol, Monmouth, and Abergavenny, just to mention a few.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

Working as part of a team assisting in the service and preparation of all catering requirements.

Delivery and service to ward patients, functions/hospitality and customers in the café.

Preparations and service of food within the kitchen and café when required.

Ensuring that all required duties are up to date and that all duties are carried out on a regular basis as directed, in line with departmental task sheets.

Assist in daily, weekly, monthly cleaning tasks to ensure the main and ward kitchen is hygienically clean.

To keep the Main and Ward kitchen, food trolley and all areas hygienically clean and have a complete understanding and awareness of the statutory food safety regulations.

To always work within the Health & Safety guidelines set out in the Catering Operational Procedures and HACCP.

**What you need to know**
- Essential_

Minimum Maths and English GCSE
Knowledge of COSHH
Knowledge of food safety systems, HACCP, and dealing with Allergens
Evidence of good literacy skills and the ability to understand instructions, guidance, policies and procedures
Evidence of delivering a high level of customer service
- Desirable_

Relevant experience of working in a catering environment
Level 2 award in food safety or equivalent
FSA food allergy training
Basic level of food preparation

**Benefits**

We are an organisation who invests in its employees and in return for your skills and commitment, you will enjoy investment into personal and professional development, not to mention the great benefits we have to offer:

- Ongoing training and development
- Free on-site parking
- Discounts for staff and family

We value our staff and work together with them to ensure that St Joseph’s provides opportunities to achieve best practice in an enjoyable and rewarding environment.
- **Please note we will only contact you should you be shortlisted for interview.**_

**Job Type**: Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £11.80 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability