# Catering Assistant - Royal Retail Outlets > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-assistant-royal-retail-outlets/53c0702b-9a4f-4851-bab9-f83a5356bdaf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-assistant-royal-retail-outlets/53c0702b-9a4f-4851-bab9-f83a5356bdaf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Liverpool University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Catering assistant - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Other, 30 hours per week (Please see job overview for hours available.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T12:35:57.814Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Liverpool_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Catering_Assistant/Catering_Assistant-v8172122 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8172122?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This position is based in the Royal Liverpool Hospital and is part of the retail facilities that are onsite. The post will be based in the Royal Liverpool Hospital but with the expectation if the possibility arises to support other sites Broadgreen & Aintree Hospital. This position is retail based but with expectation to support at ward level with patient feeding if required. This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations. By proceeding, you are confirming that you are a current employee of The Clatterbridge Centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool Women’s Hospital or, The Walton Centre. Confirmation will be sought for all successful applicants via an IAT ### Main duties of the job The following Catering Assistant band 2 vacancy has become available at The Royal Liverpool hospital Working hours will be Mon - Fri: 8.30am - 3.00pm As a worker you will be based in Skyline Restaurant, however there may be times when you will be required to cover in the other retail outlets within the hospital as per the business requirement. Involved in the preparation and service of meals to patients, Staff & Visitors. Required to undertake a wide range of cleaning and monitoring duties associated with maintaining food hygiene within the main kitchens, ward kitchens, dining room and coffee shops. Ensuring that at all time a high quality service provision is offered, maintaining trust values. We are looking for staff who are self motivated and can work in a team or on their own unsupervised. You will be working in a busy hospital and can be moved as the needs of the service requires, also you may be required to work Bank holidays including Christmas Day. Although training will be given for all positions, a good knowledge of catering is required. This is an exciting opportunity but the successful candidate needs to be flexible. This post requires previous catering experience, including cooking snacks and front of house service Please ensure you put all relevant experience on the application form ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Communication skills - Data inputting - Team working skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - A general understanding of why good food hygiene is important - Health and safety basic knowledge - Numeracy and literacy skills **Desirable** - Barista training - Knowledge of cash till systems ### Experience **Essential** - Previous catering experience - This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations **Desirable** - Previous Industrial Catering experience - Previous use of cleaning machinery, Dishwashing or pan washing machinery ## Documents - [risk id (pdf, 184.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10678186) - [recruitment docs (pdf, 383.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10474460) - [catering assistant (pdf, 262.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10474458) - [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.