Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- Grade A
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - Ad-hoc hours, shifts will be between 0700-2000, 7 days a week 365 days a year
- Job ref
- 423-AGHS7773664
- Employer
- AGH Solutions Ltd
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £24,460 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Catering Assistant – Patient Meal Services (Grade A)
Grade A
AGH Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our NHS heritage, and proud to be supporting Airedale’s clinical services.
We provide a wide range of services from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement, to clients both within and beyond the NHS.
Job overview
Are you looking for a role that is rewarding, a role that gives you the satisfaction of knowing you’ve made a difference to someone’s day? Then we may have the role for you.
Our Patient Meal Service team based within the Catering Team of AGH Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust are now looking for additional Catering Assistants – Patient Meal Service to join the team, where no two days or two wards are the same. As part of the Patient Dining Team, you will be responsible for the delivery of the patient meal service, and beverage service to our patients, along with some food preparation, cleaning duties, and temping of fridges and food, along with stock rotation and supporting delivery acceptance.
Full Training will be provided, and this would be Mon-Fri initially for 2 weeks, which must be completed, please also note for this role you will need to be 18 or over to be considered due to safeguarding.
Main duties of the job
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Delivering meals and beverages to patients with care and compassion
- Supporting food preparation and regeneration using service trollies
- Carrying out cleaning duties, including pot wash
- Monitoring food and fridge temperatures
- Picking and preparing patient meal selections
Training & Support:
Full training will be provided, with a minimum of 2 weeks Monday–Friday to ensure you’re confident and supported in your role.
Working for our organisation
Benefits include
26 days holiday a year + Bank Holidays (pro rata)
24/7 access to Employee Assistance Line
Options to buy and sell annual leave
Access to 4 Staff Networks – Enable, Gender, Race Equality and Rainbow Networks
Onsite Children’s Nursery
Access to NHS discounts
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.
This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.
If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Maths & English or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Food safety course level 1
- Customer Service Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working with the public/customers
- Working to schedules, procedures and deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in a hospital/healthcare/care home environment
- Previous experience of complying with Health and Safety regulations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gareth Williams
- Job title
- Head of Patient Meal Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294063
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