# Catering Assistant - Retail - Aintree Site Bistro

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-assistant-retail-aintree-site-bistro/62bcf8c9-f8c9-497c-90f6-394b78cbda59
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-assistant-retail-aintree-site-bistro/62bcf8c9-f8c9-497c-90f6-394b78cbda59.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:** Part time - 27.5 hours per week (14:00-20:00 Monday - Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-24T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-10T08:52:19.895Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Liverpool_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Catering/Catering-v8019689
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8019689?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The catering department at Liverpool University Hospitals is an exciting place to work.

We feed all of the patients but also have modern retail units. We try to bring the high street into the hospital by offering modern concepts to staff and visitors.

All the outlets are very busy and we want you to encourage sales. These posts are very rewarding jobs.

We are looking for staff who are self motivated and can work in a team or on their own unsupervised. We require staff who are flexible and open to change to join our catering team. These positions will be based in a busy hospital, you may be moved as the needs of the service requires, also you may be required to work Bank holidays including Christmas Day.

### Main duties of the job

The Bistro

The Bistro is a busy unit at the entrance of the hospital . The post will involve making coffee,  food preparation , serving customers, making sandwiches, kitchen cleaning, cash handling and customer care

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Although the jobs are primarily based in the unit advertised, you may be required to work anywhere within the catering department depending on the needs of the service. This could include the Royal site & Broadgreen. This could also include working in the patients kitchen.

IT skills are required for all positions as the Trust does mandatory training and yearly appraisals online.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Communication skills
- Data inputting
- Team working skills

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understanding of the importance of good food hygiene
- Knowledge of Health & Safety
- Numeracy and literacy skills

**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 pan washing machinery

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Food/Hygiene certificate

## Documents

- [risk id (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10306066)
- [job description (pdf, 262.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10306065)
- [recruitment docs (pdf, 383.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10306068)
- [bistro case of need (pdf, 696.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10306067)
- [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.