# Retail Catering Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal United Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Catering assistant
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 Per annum, pro-rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent: n/a
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days in 7)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-24T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-11T10:22:09.395Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Catering/Catering-v8255385
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8255385?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ruh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is a great opportunity to join the Retail Catering Team at the Royal United Hospital, Bath working in Atrium and Oasis Coffee Shops as well as our main Lansdown Restaurant.

We provide our patients, staff and visitors with a place to relax and an opportunity to take a break. Our coffee shops provide Lavazza Barista Coffees, as well as other hot drinks, plus a wide range of sandwiches, cakes and pastries like many high street coffee shops.

Our Lansdown restaurant serves three meals each day, together with hot drinks, sandwiches, and snacks.

Our Retail Team are focused on providing great customer service and we are always looking to improve our offering, giving team members the ability to suggest developments to enable us to serve our patients, staff, and customers even better. The successful candidate will be very much involved in building on the services provided and supporting the team in this goal.

As part of the Retail Team, you will also be serving customers with food and drinks, taking customer payments, setting up or clearing down serving areas, clearing customer tables, and helping to maintain a clean, hygienic environment.

### Main duties of the job

Working as part of the Retail Catering Team.

Providing great customer service in the retail catering outlets – Lansdown Restaurant, Atrium & Oasis Coffee Shops.

Preparing the outlets for service, serving food and beverages to customers, taking customer payments and helping to maintain a clean, hygienic environment.

To ensure the safety of the food services, completing food safety checks, and completing documentation for due diligence and assurance.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

### Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge & Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience in a customer focused working environment.
- Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non-judgemental Motivated to be genuinely kind and caring Helps and co-operates with colleagues Pro-active and takes responsibility Willing to learn, open to change Motivated to make a difference in whatever way they can Takes pride in themselves, their appearance, their role and where they work.

### Qualifications and training

**Essential**

- Good general education to GCSE level.
- Willing and able to complete mandatory food hygiene training qualification.

## Documents

- [join the ruh (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3030)
- [retail catering assistant (pdf, 250.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10606904)

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