# Catering Assistant - Liverpool Women's Hospital > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-assistant-liverpool-womens-hospital/14dc6da3-2ba4-4a8f-920f-1d237a8559a0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-assistant-liverpool-womens-hospital/14dc6da3-2ba4-4a8f-920f-1d237a8559a0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Liverpool - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8:30 - 4:30 Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-19T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-05T13:30:47.171Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Liverpool_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Catering/Catering-v8208736 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8208736?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview **Please note this is a full time position,  working hours are as follow: 08.30am - 16:30pm working Monday to Friday This is an exciting time to join our Catering Team for the NHS at Liverpool Women's Hospital. We have available post working within our ward kitchens, ensuring that we provide an excellent food and patient experience. If you are looking for a rewarding role working within our wards and you have the following skills please apply. - Good communication (written & verbal) - Approachable - Organised - Reliable ### Main duties of the job - Regeneration of food - Plating and service of cold and hot food items with meal delivery to patients, including service of condiments. - Probing and recording food temperatures. Recording of equipment temperatures. - Beverage service to patients. Washing and refilling of patient’s water jugs and beakers. - To take the patient orders and communicate the requirements to the catering department. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To provide a localised catering service observing health, safety and hygiene procedures and maintaining high standards in all aspects. - To deliver good principles of customer care ensuring helpfulness, awareness and compassion to patients, visitors, staff and colleagues. - Regeneration of chilled/frozen food and preparation of sauces. - Preparation of patient meal trays. - Plating and service of cold and hot food items with meal delivery to patients, including service of condiments. - Probing and recording food temperatures. Recording of equipment temperatures. - Beverage service to patients. Washing and refilling of patient’s water jugs and beakers. - To take the patient orders and communicate the requirements to the catering department. - Clearing of meal trays, crockery and cutlery for all food areas. - Collection, segregation and disposal of catering waste materials. - Cleaning duties within the kitchen and other associated areas in accordance with departmental cleaning schedules to include equipment, work surfaces crockery and cutlery. - Ordering and receipt of goods from the main catering production unit in accordance with the agreed stock requirements ensuring adequate stock levels are maintained. - Completion of catering department procedural paperwork such as temperature checks and monitoring. - To undertake training as required to fulfil this role and any further training which will enhance both personal effectiveness and also the delivery of high standards of service. - To work co-operatively with colleagues as part of the team and perform additional duties as and when directed by the catering supervisor. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations ### Skills **Essential** - Communication skills - Data inputting - Team working skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Numeracy and literacy skills - Knowledge of Health & Safety - Understanding of the importance of good food hygiene **Desirable** - Barista training - Knowledge of cash till systems ### Experience **Essential** - Previous catering experience **Desirable** - Previous industrial catering experience - Previous use of cleaning machinery, Dishwashing or panwashing machinery ### Qualifications **Essential** - Level 2 Food Hygience Certificate or equivalent **Desirable** - Food/Hygience certificate ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 262.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10515666) - [rd (pdf, 383.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10515669) - [risk id (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10515668) - [case of need (pdf, 784.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10515667) - [life at luhft benefits (pdf, 333.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2664) ## 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.