Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Catering Kitchen - RVI
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Working 5 days over 7 on a 6 week roster, hours of work between 0.7.15 until 19.30 weekend working is required)
- Job ref
- 317-2025-36-14-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Victoria Hospital
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Hospital
- Salary
- £24,465 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/09/2025
Employer heading
Catering Assistant
Band 2
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
The Royal Victoria Infirmary Catering Department have an exciting opportunity for a Part Time Catering Assistant/Driver working 30 hours per week, Working 5 days over 7 on a 6 week roster and hours of work are between 07.15 - 19.30 (6 hour shifts)
- Interview date: 22nd September 2025
- 30 hours /week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
- As a Catering Assistant/Driver you will be responsible for supporting the wider catering team during and throughout patient's meal service periods
- Ensuring efficient and effective patient meal preparation and delivery of all patient's food trollies ensuring patient meal trollies are switched on as per the regeneration schedule which will then allow the trollies to be delivered to ward level.
- Working as part of the team collecting and returning patients meal trollies to the catering department
- Delivery of stocks and stores to on-site locations as and when required
- Supporting cleaning of the patient meal service area and trollies after each meal period
- Supporting cleaning on a daily basis of the catering department and any deep cleaning requirements as requested by the supervisory/management team.
- Removal of catering rubbish and food waste.
- Please note this role involves a lot of moving and handling
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Responsible for assisting in the efficient and effective preparation and service delivery of food and beverages to patients, staff and visitors including the associated cleaning and hygiene related duties.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Level 2 Food Hygiene Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Allergen Awareness Qualification
- Full Clean Driving Licence
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Awareness of good food hygiene practices
Desirable criteria
- Experience in NHS Catering
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephanie Murray
- Job title
- Deputy Catering Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2448090
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