Catering Bank - Various Roles
Northampton, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 9 hours ago
Various Catering Bank Positions
We have an exciting opportunity for catering Bank position to cover all areas of our catering department, Patient Catering Ward Host, Patient Catering Porter/Assistant and Retail Catering Assistant.
We are looking for individuals that can work varying shifts Monday - Sunday across different departments.
To provide high standards of both food and customer services to patients, Staff and visitors in accordance to best care practices.
Duties will include providing breakfast, lunch and supper meal time services including beverages whilst ensuring the ward and kitchen environments are kept to an acceptable level of cleanliness.
If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend an assessment day on the 11th July 2026 at Northampton General Hospital.
Ward Host
Please note this role is in an Assembly Kitchen
The work involves general catering duties including preparation of food, service of food to patients, staff and the public, use of EPOS systems and the cleaning of and use of equipment and machinery, and the operation of mechanical industrial type dishwashing machines.
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage.
UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ellie Theobald Job title: Deputy Catering Manager Email address: ellie.theobalds@nhs.net Telephone number: 01604 544146
We have an exciting opportunity for catering Bank position to cover all areas of our catering department, Patient Catering Ward Host, Patient Catering Porter/Assistant and Retail Catering Assistant.
We are looking for individuals that can work varying shifts Monday - Sunday across different departments.
To provide high standards of both food and customer services to patients, Staff and visitors in accordance to best care practices.
Duties will include providing breakfast, lunch and supper meal time services including beverages whilst ensuring the ward and kitchen environments are kept to an acceptable level of cleanliness.
If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend an assessment day on the 11th July 2026 at Northampton General Hospital.
Ward Host
- As a patient catering host you will help to enhance our patient well-being and their experience in the hospital.
- Working closely with other hospital staff you will be expected to deliver a great level of customer service to all patients, visitors and staff.
- Ensuring a high quality food and beverage service is provided (Provision of meals and hot or cold beverages).
Please note this role is in an Assembly Kitchen
- The provision of a high quality and professional food and beverage service to all patients
- To ensure all Codes of Practice for Health & Safety, Food Safety & Hygiene, COSHH and HACCP are adhered too.
- To carry out Portering of food around the hospital site by the use of trollies and electrical vehicles, manual moving of food trollies.
The work involves general catering duties including preparation of food, service of food to patients, staff and the public, use of EPOS systems and the cleaning of and use of equipment and machinery, and the operation of mechanical industrial type dishwashing machines.
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage.
UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ellie Theobald Job title: Deputy Catering Manager Email address: ellie.theobalds@nhs.net Telephone number: 01604 544146
