Job overview
Catering Assistant
- hours per week
Monday - Sunday 5 over 7
Flexible hours mix of early and late shifts
Job Overview:
Our Facilities department provide a range of support services across the Hospital including catering cleaning and housekeeping. These services help play a vital role in ensuring all areas of our hospital achieve excellent standards of cleanliness, catering and hygiene. We are now recruiting housekeepers to join our friendly and professional team.
For this role you will need some previous experience of working in either a catering or housekeeping role as well as excellent communication (verbal and written) and customer service skills. Basic food hygiene and COSHH knowledge is desirable but not essential. It is also important that you are able to work on your own initiative.
Please note that this vacancy may close early due to the amount of applications we receive.
Main duties of the job
Our Housekeepers work on our hospital wards with responsibility for monitoring and maintaining our high standards of cleanliness and catering including:
- assisting patients with appropriate meal selections
- to serve patient meals, hot and cold beverages and snacks at scheduled intervals throughout the day and to respond to ad-hoc requirements.
- monitoring and maintaining ward kitchen cleanliness and ensuring its clean and tidy at all times
To be responsible, where able, for ensuring that the patient’s individual needs are met and to work as an integral part of the ward team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Person Spec
Essential
- Education and Qualifications
- Experience and Knowledge
- Skills and Ability
Desirable
- Basic Food hygiene or equivalent
- Experience working in a housekeeping environment for 12 Months or more
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This advert is for Catering Housekeeper - Hillingdon with The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Uxbridge, London, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £30,142 Per Annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Jul 2026.
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