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Bank Catering Assistant
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Job Description
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- Assisting catering staff with both the preparation and cooking of meals in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures.
- Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverages.
- Maintaining storage procedures and stock rotation.
- Ensuring that all areas, equipment and furniture are cleaned and stored correctly.
- As part of the catering team, ensuring the kitchen and associated areas meet operational hygiene standards and comply with the company’s policies and procedures.
- Liaising with the wider team, including dietitians regarding dietary and planned meals
- Relevant Catering Qualification (Desirable)
- Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP
- Experience of working within similar role.
- Basic numeracy and literacy skills.
- Hourly rate of £ 12.85 (including 12.07% holiday allowance uplift)
- Two-week paid induction
- Free meals and parking
- Mandatory training to ensure you are fully able to do your job at the best of your ability.
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Pension contribution to secure your future (Optional)
- Assisting catering staff with both the preparation and cooking of meals in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures.
- Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverages.
- Maintaining storage procedures and stock rotation.
- Ensuring that all areas, equipment and furniture are cleaned and stored correctly.
- As part of the catering team, ensuring the kitchen and associated areas meet operational hygiene standards and comply with the company’s policies and procedures.
- Liaising with the wider team, including dietitians regarding dietary and planned meals
- Relevant Catering Qualification (Desirable)
- Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP
- Experience of working within similar role.
- Basic numeracy and literacy skills.
- Hourly rate of £ 12.85 (including 12.07% holiday allowance uplift)
- Two-week paid induction
- Free meals and parking
- Mandatory training to ensure you are fully able to do your job at the best of your ability.
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Pension contribution to secure your future (Optional)
- Relevant Catering Qualification (Desirable), Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP, Experience of working within a similar role, Basic numeracy and literacy skills.
- Relevant Catering Qualification (Desirable), Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP, Experience of working within a similar role, Basic numeracy and literacy skills.
Job summary
This is a rewarding opportunity to work within a healthcare setting, supporting the catering team at a specialist locked rehabilitation service for people with complex mental health needs. As a Bank Catering Assistant, you'll enjoy the flexibility to choose shifts that align with your schedule while contributing to the preparation and serving of meals for service users, staff, and visitors.
Main duties of the job
As a Bank Catering Assistant, you will be responsible for assisting the catering staff with the preparation and cooking of meals, serving food and beverages, maintaining storage and stock rotation procedures, and ensuring the kitchen and associated areas meet operational hygiene standards. You'll work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support the recovery-based service and help service users develop the skills needed for community living and increased independence.
About us
Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile healthcare company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move within the organization.
Details
Date posted
23 March 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£12.85 an hour
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
1478219407
Job locations
Elysium Healthcare
Huyton
L36 5SA
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Are you passionate about food and looking for a rewarding opportunity to work within a healthcare setting helping some of the most vulnerable people in society?
Become a valued member of our staff bank at Victoria Gardens service for people with complex mental health needs. In the role of Bank Catering Assistant and enjoy the flexibility to choose shifts that align with your schedule.
Reporting to the Head Chef, you will support the chefs to prepare meals, maintain a clean and safe working environment, and assist with deliveries.
It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and enjoy creating delicious meals. There’s a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly.
As a Bank Catering Assistant you will be:
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
Where you will be working:
Location: Victoria Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 5SAOur will be working at Victoria Gardens, a specialist locked rehabilitation for people with complex mental health needs and behaviours that challenge, as well as a ward for older females. You will support the service to equip service users with the skills required for community living and increased independence.
The service is a recovery-based service and incorporates elements of the Good Lives Model, supported by individualised interventions. You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team which includes Nursing, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Occupational Therapist and Social Worker support.
What you will get:About your next employer:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
Job responsibilities
Are you passionate about food and looking for a rewarding opportunity to work within a healthcare setting helping some of the most vulnerable people in society?
Become a valued member of our staff bank at Victoria Gardens service for people with complex mental health needs. In the role of Bank Catering Assistant and enjoy the flexibility to choose shifts that align with your schedule.
Reporting to the Head Chef, you will support the chefs to prepare meals, maintain a clean and safe working environment, and assist with deliveries.
It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and enjoy creating delicious meals. There’s a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly.
As a Bank Catering Assistant you will be:
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
Where you will be working:
Location: Victoria Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 5SAOur will be working at Victoria Gardens, a specialist locked rehabilitation for people with complex mental health needs and behaviours that challenge, as well as a ward for older females. You will support the service to equip service users with the skills required for community living and increased independence.
The service is a recovery-based service and incorporates elements of the Good Lives Model, supported by individualised interventions. You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team which includes Nursing, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Occupational Therapist and Social Worker support.
What you will get:About your next employer:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Elysium Healthcare
Address
Elysium Healthcare
Huyton
L36 5SA
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Elysium Healthcare
Address
Elysium Healthcare
Huyton
L36 5SA
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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