# Cleaning & Catering Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Bristol
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Estates and facilities
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Mon - Fri 06:30am - 09:30am)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-03T18:01:58.529Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bristol/Bristol/Bristol_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CleaningCatering/CleaningCatering-v8203291
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8203291?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge and want to be a part of our amazing team? We are currently recruiting Cleaning/Catering Assistants to help us keep our hospital clean, and our patients fed.

With a new hourly rate of £12.92 per hour on weekdays, £18.22ph for weekday nights (after 8pm) & Saturdays, and £23.64ph for Sundays and Bank Holidays, there isn't a better time to join the team!

We are currently recruiting to:

- Mon - Fri 06:30am - 09:30am, 15 hours a week

### Main duties of the job

As a Cleaning and Catering Assistant, you will be helping to support the clinical team in their delivery of a high standard of patient service and clinical care to the people of our local population.  You will be responsible for maintaining a safe, clean & hygienic environment, whilst providing a catering service to our inpatients.  Your main responsibilities will be to clean the hospital to the required standard following NHS cleaning protocols; you will lead in the cleaning of clinical and non-clinical areas. You will also be responsible for the serving of food to our patients, providing a basic catering service.

We also offer great benefits which include:-

- Starting salary of £12.92 per hour!
- This post also attracts pay uplift for unsociable hours if worked.
- 27 days holiday per year pro rata
- Paid statutory holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Flexible working hours

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description attached to this vacancy.

### Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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

### Knowledge and Experience

**Desirable**

- Previous NHS experience

### Qualifications and Training

**Essential**

- Basic Education – Reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
- NVQ Level 1 or Cleaning Experience in a similar field

## Documents

- [policy statement - ex offenders (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=667)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 587.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10509514)

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