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Job summary

Main area
Catering
Grade
Grade A
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 20 hours per week
Job ref
166-DSFS-7457355
Employer
Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
Employer type
NHS
Site
DSFS - Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Town
Chesterfield
Salary
£23,875 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/09/2025 23:59

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Derbyshire Support Facilities Services logo

Catering Team Member - Hospitality

Grade A

Job overview

DSFS are looking to recruit the right person into the position of  Hospitality Host who will  join our team on a part time basis of 20 hrs per week, working Monday - Friday within our Hospitality Department  located at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.  

As a Hospitality Host, you'll have an important part to play in making sure that buffets are prepared and delivered on time and in particular, you'll provide a friendly, engaging and helpful service to our customers.

If you’re looking for variety and love being busy, you will thrive in this role.

This opportunity offers shifts  5 days per week, Monday to Friday between  the hours of 9am and 3pm.

Our Catering Teams are the focal point for patients, visitors and staff  in the Hospital. We are looking for someone who will thrive in a role that requires exceptional customer service.

Some key benefits of the role and to work for DSFS are:-

Free on site parking for Grade A staff

Annual leave starting at 27 days pro rata per annum.

No weekend or Bank Holidays shifts required.

Our Pension is a NEST pension. Upon joining you can choose whether to pay 5% or 8% and DSFS will match whichever you choose.

 

Main duties of the job

  • As a Hospitality Team  Member, you will be expected to have exceptional customer service and the ability to serve our guests in a friendly, approachable manner.
  • Must be highly skilled in food preparation and stock rotation in the Stacked food preparation area.
  • Ability to follow instructions.
  • Ability to keep calm under pressure
  • You will be pivotal in ensuring full compliance with all Foods Safety requirements

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just under 1000 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together. 

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Level 2 food hygiene certificate or willing to undertake
  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, or equivalent experience (to include Maths and English
Desirable criteria
  • Advanced Food Hygiene Level 3
  • Experience with Food Allergies, special diets and labelling

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in a similar position where there are peaks and troughs in demand during service times

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • A good communicator, able to converse easily
  • Excellent customer care skills
  • Professional approach, being aware of the diversity of customers served
  • Must be able to work without constant supervision and meet deadlines
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Able to prioritise and organise own workload

Personal Atributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work within a team as well as using own initiative
  • Flexible to meet service needs
  • Customer focused

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committedStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ann Cowan
Job title
Catering/Retail Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01246 513873
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