# Facilities Assistant - Catering > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/facilities-assistant-catering/3634a3fc-0cac-4e24-9280-5092a7fbc658 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/facilities-assistant-catering/3634a3fc-0cac-4e24-9280-5092a7fbc658.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust - **Town:** Shrewsbury - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum/ pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 20 hours per week (A 37.5 hour position is available) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-24T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-10T11:31:13.496Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Shrewsbury/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Facilities_Catering/Facilities_Catering-v8128553 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8128553?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Would you like to be part of a vital team ensuring high standards of catering are achieved for our patients, visitors, and staff? Do you want to go home at the end of your shift knowing you helped make your local hospital a great place to be cared for? We have available: - -  x1 Permanent Part time, 20 hours per week position Our facilities Catering Team play an essential role within the trust, responsible for catering at ward level and commercial outlets across both our hospital sites. We are recruiting Facilities  Assistants at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and looking for individuals who share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive a quality meal service. We have flexible hours vacancy opportunities and would be happy to discuss hours and shift patterns with successful candidates. ### Main duties of the job - Help prepare and serve food to patients, staff and visitors in the hospital. - Responsible for complying with good hygieneand health & safety practices within the departmentin accordance with standing operating procedures and current food safetyand health & safety legislation. - Use equipment like dishwashers, food trolleys (Burlodge Trolleys) and coffee machines safely and correctly. - Work with other team members and ward staff to ensure patient meals are served within the protected mealtime schedule on time. - Talk politely with patients, staff and visitors and help with any questions or problems. - To comply with appropriate HACCP food safety documentation including taking and recording food temperatures at ward level or in retail outlets for the departments HACCP food safety management system and take corrective actionwhere necessary. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Candidate Job Pack ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Proven ability to work on own initiative - Proven ability to manage own workload and prioritise when there are competing priorities - Evidence of experience of working and contributing in a team - Evidence of ability to work under pressure **Desirable** - Relevant experience of working in a catering environment, however full training will be given as part of an induction plan lasting at least a few weeks ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of good literacy skills and the ability to understand instructions, guidance, policies and procedures - Evidence of delivering a high level of customer service **Desirable** - Knowledge of food safety systems, HACCP, COSHH and dealing with Allergens - Proven ability to communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including; patients, staff-members, visitors, suppliers & environmental health ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Level 2 award in food safety or equivalent - Evidence of a commitment to continuous development **Desirable** - Level 3 in Food Safety ## Documents - [candidate job pack (pdf, 661.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10425570) - [ai use in recruitment (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2345) - [relocating to shropshire? (pdf, 1.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2313) ## 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.