• Job Description

  Req#: C9193-26-0186?language=en&page=306&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Band 2 Catering Assistant / Catering Facilities Assistant

  This is a part-time post for 15 hours per week (Monday to Friday between the hours of 11:30am -2:30pm)

  The post holder is expected to:

  • Provide and assist with the provision of the services described to a high standard, ensuring effective operation of the hospital organisation.

  • Develop and maintain good working relationships with service users, patients, visitors, staff and managers as well as external agencies providing services to the Trust.

  • Communicate and act in a positive manner, which will promote the organisation, by maintaining standards being professional compassionate and caring at all times.

  • Maintain a high standard of personal dress/uniform, conduct and deportment in keeping with the nature of your duties, ensuring that the duties carried out will reflect to the credit of the department and Trust.

  • Attend training courses and development sessions when required, communication and briefing meetings, communicating positively contributing to the teams and Departments objectives.

  Main duties of the job

  • To work as part of the catering team in producing approximately 1600 patient meals and the serving of 700 customers in the restaurant per day.
  • To provide catering assistant support in the Staff Services area of Catering, to ensure the smooth, efficient and safe running of the catering offerings, and all its services to the standards outlined. Including the receiving, checking and appropriate storage of all food, serving customers with good customer service.
  • All food safety policies and procedures, accurate record-keeping and adherence to health, safety and quality control measures.
  • To assist in maintaining a clean, tidy and safe department, whilst providing the customer with pleasant and efficient service. Carrying out duties in line with the department's working procedures.
  • To assist with the smooth running and appearance of the Trust, the post holder is expected to be flexible and work across the Facilities Directorate and the Trust, as required and appropriate to the grade.

  About us

  Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

  The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

  Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

  Details

  Date posted

  20 March 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £24,465 a year pro-rata per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  193-7878343COR

  Job locations

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  London Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Working as part the staff services team of approx 16 staff. You will be serving Hospital staff and visitors in our Eating HUB and Deli Bar

  Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Working as part the staff services team of approx 16 staff. You will be serving Hospital staff and visitors in our Eating HUB and Deli Bar

  Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.

  Person Specification

  Education

  Essential

  • Demonstrate adequate level of literacy and numeracy skills
  • Basic Hygiene Certificate
  • Manual Handling Certificate

  Experience

  Essential

  • Dealing with a range of people with a customer/service focus

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in a catering function

  Person Specification

  Education

  Essential

  • Demonstrate adequate level of literacy and numeracy skills
  • Basic Hygiene Certificate
  • Manual Handling Certificate

  Experience

  Essential

  • Dealing with a range of people with a customer/service focus

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in a catering function

  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

  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  London Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  London Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• 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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