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Bank Hospital Waitress/Waiter | Spire Shawfair Park Hospital | Edinburgh | Hospitality experience desired | £12.76 per hour
Spire Shawfair Park Hospital are looking to recruit a Bank Hospital Waitress/Waiter / Kitchen Assistant to join their fantastic and dedicated team.
This role is a bank position and therefore the successful candidate/s would be required for covering sickness, annual leave and other cover for business needs. This role would be ideal for those looking for flexible working patterns.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To work in close liaison with the clinical staff, understanding the special needs of the hospital on a day to day basis
- To be responsible for the day to day maintenance of the equipment provided, checking for faults and supply shortages and reporting them to the line manager
- Compliance with all Health and Safety at Work regulations including COSHH
- Work with guidance on moving and handling, as identified in corporate and local policy and discussed at Mandatory training sessions
- Quality assurance and patient confidentiality must be maintained at all times.
- Using your previous waitressing / waiting experience, you will ensuring meals and beverages are delivered to patients’ rooms
- Responding to any ad-hoc requests from patients to ensure their comfortable stay
- Assisting in the kitchen and Dining Room
- Assisting the catering and housekeeping teams with day-to-day duties
Who we're looking for:
- A customer service-focused approach
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Previous experience in hospitality
- Able to work as part of a team
- Willing and able to complete mandatory training for COSSH, Manual Handling, Infection Control and Health & Safety in-house
Working Hours: 0-37.5
Contract Type: Bank
Benefits
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
- Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist resourcing team.
We commit to our employee’s well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A customer service-focused approach
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Previous experience in hospitality
- Able to work as part of a team
- Willing and able to complete mandatory training for COSSH, Manual Handling, Infection Control and Health & Safety in-house
- Working Hours: 0-37.5
- Contract Type: Bank
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This advert is for Bank Host and Catering Assistant with Spire Healthcare Ltd in EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £12.76 per hour. The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 02 Sep 2026.
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