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Job summary

Main area
Catering
Grade
Band 2
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term until June 2027)
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
30 hours per week (11:30 - 19:30 (includes weekend working rota))
Job ref
264-8049151-COR-A
Employer
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kettering General Hospital
Town
Kettering
Salary
£25,272 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/08/2026 18:00

Employer heading

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

Catering Assistant

Band 2

Job overview

You will be part of a team that provides meals to our patients. Guided by your supervisory team, the post holder will be required to carry out a wide range of general catering duties including serving meals and delivering patient meal service and wash-up. Ensuring high standards of food quality, food safety, and cleanliness are met and maintained as per food safety regulations. The post holder will be expected to carry out duties that involve the lifting, pulling, and pushing of heavy trolleys, cleaning duties and dealing with waste.  

Previous experience of working in a catering role is desirable.   

The ability to communicate effectively is essential and applicants will need basic Level 1 in English literacy. 

The role involves constant interaction with all other users of the hospital, and requires the post holder to be caring, courteous, respectful, confidential, and customer focused on your delivery of duties.  

Main duties of the job

To carry out a wide range of general catering duties including serving meals and delivering patient meal service and wash-up. Ensuring high standards of food quality, food safety, and cleanliness are met and maintained as per food safety regulations. 

Working for our organisation

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.

We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage.

UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading.

The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.                                                                                                                                                             

Person specification

Educations, Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to level 2 in Food Safety or equivalent level of education, training or experience (training will be Educated to level 2 in Food Safety or equivalent level of education, training or experience (training will be provided)

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working in a catering environment
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of HACCP regulations (training will be provided)
  • Knowledge of health and safety in the work place
  • Knowledge of COSHH (training will be provided)

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and service users
  • Educated to basic level in English literacy and numeracy
  • Able to prioritise own workload within policy and guidelines
  • Able to lift and handle medium loads
  • Able to operate mechanical equipment (training will be provided)
  • Able to work in a pressurised environment
  • Able to tolerate exposure to hot and chilled conditions
  • Strong motivation to improve performance and outcomes

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Michael Dizon
Job title
Catering Supervisor
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01536 492088

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Address
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