Job summary
- Main area
- Facilities
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - Various hours available. Rota based shift pattern
- Job ref
- 110-EA067-0425
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ysbyty George Thomas
- Town
- Rhondda
- Salary
- £23,970 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Catering Assistant
Band 2
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
A job opportunity has arisen for two successful candidates to join part of our busy Hotel Services Team on Sites at Ysbyty George Thomas Hospital.
The post holder will work either as part of the ward based catering team or as part of the Main Kitchen catering team, and will be responsible for food preparation or regeneration, meal service and cleaning of all catering areas.
They will assist in developing, maintaining and promoting the highest standards of service delivery and team working practices; and helping to maintain open, effective communication.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be required to work within a patient environment and previous experience would be an asset.
The main duties of the post include catering duties of all areas of the Hospital in accordance with catering led specifications.
Flexibility is essential and the successful candidates will be expected to adapt to service pressures and modernization.
The successful candidates would need to be flexible with regard to movement throughout all Health Board sites.
The successful candidate must observe and maintain the highest standards of confidentiality, courtesy and consideration to all patients and fellow employees.
This post is monthly paid.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate literacy, numerical and comprehension skills sufficient to be able to read and understand written instructions
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 1. BICSc Qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of cleaning and catering duties
Desirable criteria
- Some experience of working within a hospital environment
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cheryl Jenkins
- Job title
- Facilities Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443443
- Additional information
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