Catering Assistant | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	29 December 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£24,465 pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	28 January 2026
Location:	317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP
Company:	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7704430/317-2025-45-15-DR-A

Summary

The Royal Victoria Infirmary Catering Department have an exciting opportunity a part time Catering Assistants working 25 hours per week, 1 position Monday to Friday. 1 position working 5 days over 7 on a rotational cycle weekend working is required hours of work between the hours of 14.00 to 20:00
• Interview Date: 12 January 2026
• 25 hours /week
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As a Catering Assistant you will be responsible for supporting and working as part of the wider catering team during and throughout patients meal assembly, service and delivery .

You will be responsible for ensuring patient menu requirements are provided as per their menu choice at all meal times

Food service has be co-ordinated in line with with the ward regeneration schedule which will allow patients meal trollies to be delivered to ward level.

You will also be working as part of the team stripping returned patients meal trollies .

Cleaning of the meal trollies after each meal period cleaning of the catering department on a daily basis as per all identified cleaning schedules.

Any identified deep cleaning requirements as requested by the supervisory/management team.

Removal of catering rubbish and food waste.

Please note this role involves a lot of moving and handling.

Duties will include:

1. Working as part of the catering team assembling and preparing meals as per their pre-ordered meal requirements

2. Allowing patient food to be delivered to wards and departments through out the day.

3. Working with the catering team as food trollies are returned to the department

4. Effective cleaning of patient's meal trays and trollies after each meal service

5. Ensuring the department is cleaned and maintained to the very highest standard ensuring compliance with the Food Hygiene Regulations and departmental HACCP systems

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

• Newcastle Dental Hospital

• Newcastle Fertility Centre

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

• Northern Genetics Service

• Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle HospitalsandNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Responsible for assisting in the efficient and effective preparation and service of food and beverages to patients, staff and visitors including the associated cleaning and hygiene related duties.




This advert closes on Sunday 4 Jan 2026

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