Catering Assistant – Liverpool Women’s Hospital

Catering Assistant – Liverpool Women’s Hospital

The closing date is 28 July 2026

Please note this is a full‑time position. Working hours are 08:30am – 16:30pm, Monday to Friday.

This is an exciting time to join our catering team at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. You will be working in our ward kitchens, ensuring an excellent food and patient experience.

If you are looking for a rewarding role working within our wards and you have the following skills, please apply.

• Approachable
• Organised
• Reliable

Main duties of the job

• Regeneration of chilled/frozen food and preparation of sauces.
• Preparation of patient meal trays.
• Plating and serving of cold and hot food items, including condiments, directly to patients.
• Probing and recording food and equipment temperatures.
• Beverage service to patients, including washing and refilling water jugs and beakers.
• Taking patient orders and communicating requirements to the catering department.
• Clearing meal trays, crockery and cutlery for all food areas.
• Collecting, segregating and disposing of catering waste materials.
• Cleaning duties within the kitchen and associated areas, in line with departmental cleaning schedules (equipment, work surfaces, crockery and cutlery).
• Ordering and receiving goods from the main catering unit, ensuring adequate stock levels.
• Completion of procedural paperwork such as temperature checks and monitoring.
• Participating in training as required and undertaking further training to enhance personal effectiveness and service standards.
• Co-operating with colleagues as part of the team and performing additional duties as directed by the catering supervisor.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous catering experience.
• Previous industrial catering experience.
• Previous use of cleaning machinery, dishwashing or panwashing machinery.

Skills

• Data inputting.

Knowledge

• Numeracy and literacy skills.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety.
• Understanding of good food hygiene.
• Barista training.
• Knowledge of cash till systems.

Qualifications

• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate or equivalent.
• Food/Hygiene certificate.

Other

• This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. As such, a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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