# Catering Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-assistant/d7583f4c-b7ac-4ebd-bee0-8638459d562f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-assistant/d7583f4c-b7ac-4ebd-bee0-8638459d562f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** John Radcliffe Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Catering assistant - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 20 hours per week (Monday - Friday (occasional weekends - please refer to the Job overview)) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-31T08:56:44.769Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Banbury/Oxford_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Support_Services/Support_Services-v8197870 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8197870?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY We have the following posts available 1 x 25 hours - Monday to Friday 1 x 21 hours - Alternate Weekends 1 x 20 hours - Alternate Weekends Are you looking for a role where no experience is necessary and full training is provided? Would you like to do a role that makes a difference and supports patients in hospital? Yes! Read on... We are seeking a Catering Assistant to join our well established and friendly team at Horton General Hospital, Banbury, Oxfordshire. As the Catering Assistant you will work as part of a dedicated team providing professional and customer focused catering service to patients. Full training and development is provided as well as the opportunity to gain food hygiene qualifications. ### Main duties of the job EF15QP The Catering team are responsible for providing all patient food from breakfast through to lunch and supper. Full training and the opportunity to gain qualifications is provided; however experienced candidates are also encouraged to apply. Therefore, if you have experience of working in a busy catering environment and have demonstrable experience of working autonomously, along with being a confident communicator, why not consider joining our team? In return for your hard work, we will offer you:- a competitive salary and additional pay for any unsocial hours that you work access to a number of local and national discounts - on holidays, insurance, shopping and a whole lot more an industry leading pension an environment where you can expect to be supported and developed. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ### For a Detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the Job Description document attached. ### 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** - - Ability to work under own initiative to achieve set targets. - - Good communication skills, both written and verbal. - - Ability to carry out audits and satisfaction surveys - - Computer literate - - Problem solving skills ### Experience **Essential** - - Relevant catering experience - - Relevant experience in a similar role ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - - Ability to communicate with staff at various levels of the organisation - - Well organized and methodical, with the ability to operate machinery and equipment - - Team player - - Flexible approach and adaptable in response to changing service needs ## Documents - [catering ps (pdf, 208.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10503403) - [catering assistant (pdf, 218.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10503402) ## 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.