# Catering Assistant - Cold Room - (Part time) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-assistant-cold-room-part-time/85ef15e6-8a22-4185-9ee9-753bed33dd38 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-assistant-cold-room-part-time/85ef15e6-8a22-4185-9ee9-753bed33dd38.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Poole - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 pa (pro rata if part time) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.6 hours per week (18.6) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-28T12:30:51.356Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Poole/University_Hospitals_Dorset_NHS_Foundation_Trust/catering/catering-v8042810 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8042810?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhd.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview A vacancy has arisen for a motivated person to join the “Cold Prep Section” in the Catering department at University Hospitals Dorset. This is a very demanding job and requires a good level of physical fitness, flexibility, and good organisational skills. You should be able to work with minimal supervision on your own initiative in this busy location. Duties include, making sandwiches, salads, baguettes, Panini’s and salad bar preparation. In addition, some general cleaning is required and a possibility of helping on the patient production line. Due to working in the cold room, cold weather clothing will be provided including: Boots , socks, thermal garments, snoods and sweatshirts as required. Please note:  this role is part time for 18.6 hours per week working 4 days on and 2 off over a 6 week rota. Base Location: Poole Hospital Interview Date:  24th June 2026 Please note if you previously applied and were not successful we will not be able to reconsider your application within 3 months. ### Main duties of the job To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. ## Job Details A vacancy has arisen for a motivated person to join the “Cold Prep Section” in the Catering department at University Hospitals Dorset. This is a very demanding job and requires a good level of physical fitness, flexibility, and good organisational skills. You should be able to work with minimal supervision on your own initiative in this busy location. Duties include, making sandwiches, salads, baguettes, Panini’s and salad bar preparation. In addition, some general cleaning is required and a possibility of helping on the patient production line. Due to working in the cold room, cold weather clothing will be provided including: Boots , socks, thermal garments, snoods and sweatshirts as required. Please note: this role is part time for 18.6 hours per week working 4 days on and 2 off over a 6 week rota. Base Location: Poole Hospital Interview Date: 24th June 2026 Please note if you previously applied and were not successful we will not be able to reconsider your application within 3 months. ## Job Description To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. ## Responsibilities To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Good general understanding of food safety regulations ### Experience **Essential** - Prior Work Experience within Catering Industry - Prior Experience in food handling **Desirable** - Previous Cold/Prep Room experience ### Other skills **Essential** - Willingness to be flexible in your working hours and able to work on weekends. - Able to work as part of a team and mix with other members of staff ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good standard of Education (GCSE’s Grade D or above) - Basic Food Hygiene **Desirable** - Aware of relevant trg upgrades E.G. Allergen info ### Personal Skills **Essential** - Ability to identify opportunities for improvements within your area of responsibility - Openness to change and ability to respond to this to improve performance - Be able to work in a cold environment **Desirable** - Proven reliability ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 648.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10331416) - [ps (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10331417) - [dbs - faqs (pdf, 102.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2417) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.