Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (4 week roster pattern)
- Job ref
- 356-25-7322970
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Castle Hill Hospital
- Town
- Cottingham
- Salary
- £23,615 PRO RATA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2025 08:00
Employer heading

Patient Meals Catering Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
The post will cover the production unit at Castle Hill Hospital
The successful candidates will be working various shifts to cover service delivery requirements. The department operates from 06.00 through to 18.00 7 days a week including public holidays, the above posts will predominantly work the below shift times:
The successful candidate will aid in the picking and distribution of patient meals and therapeutic diets. The area that will be worked in involves a heavy manual handling tasks and requires work to be completed in areas with extreme temperatures for short periods of time.
Post 1P- 30 hrs.
Week 1,
Wednesday- 06.00-14.00, Thursday- 10.00-1800, Saturday- 06.00-14.00, Sunday- 06.00-14.00
Week 2,
Monday- 10.00-18.00, Tuesday- 06.00- 14.00, Wednesday- 06.00-14.00, Friday- 06.00-14.00/ or 10.00-18.00.
Week 3,
Monday- 06.00-14.00, Wednesday-10.00-18.00, Saturday- 06.00-14.00, Sunday- 06.00-14.00.
Week 4,
Monday- 06.00-14.00, Tuesday- 06.00-14.00, Wednesday- 10.00-18.00, Thursday- 10.00-18.00
Shift Pattern includes days, weekends and bank holidays with unsocial hours enhancements (as per NHS terms and conditions)
Working pattern to be agreed at interview
Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist in the provision of a comprehensive and cost-effective catering service that meets the needs of all patients whilst fulfilling the objectives of the Trust.
To provide a full range of high quality ward catering services including the regeneration and attractive presentation of a wide range of cook-freeze food items.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
experience
Essential criteria
- Previous catering/food manufactoring experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous healthcare work
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Basic food safety training or above
- GCSE maths and english
Desirable criteria
- Level 2 or above food dafety
- NVQ level 2 or above
Skills/ knowledge
Essential criteria
- General Catering Skills – ie knife skills, food preparation skills.
- Kitchen and personal hygiene
- Ability to meet service timescales.
- Knowledge of HACCP/Food Safety.
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
- Bradley
- Job title
- Patient Meals service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 468100
- Additional information
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