Catering Menu & Provisions Assistant | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2026 |
| Location: | Bournemouth, BH7 7DW |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7936296/153-CO05956 |
Summary
To provide comprehensive administrative and operational support to the Catering Department, ensuring the efficient delivery of patient meals, hospitality services, and retail catering. The role is essential in maintaining accurate data and supporting key operational processes, with particular responsibility for wastage reporting, allergen management, and patient menu collation to ensure patient safety, service quality, and regulatory compliance.
Collate patient menus from all wards accurately and within required timeframes, ensuring all dietary requirements, preferences, and service deadlines are met. This is a critical function that directly impacts patient experience, nutritional care, and service efficiency. This must be completed twice daily, 365 days a year, requiring a high level of accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
Maintain and regularly update allergen information across all menus and systems. This is a critical responsibility to ensure patient safety and compliance with food safety legislation. The post holder must ensure all allergen data is accurate, up to date, and reflects any menu or product changes immediately.
Interview date 18th May 2026
· Carry out a wide range of administrative duties to support daily operations. Including collating patient menus for all wards twice daily, and regularly updating allergen information across all menus and systems.
· Run, input, and send orders within deadlines for fresh Food Provisions daily. Goods receipt invoices and manage discrepancies.
· Work collaboratively with the catering team and wider Trust colleagues.
· Provide flexible support across the department as required.
· Assist with inputting data for audit reporting.
• Input and maintain accurate data across systems.
· Scan and upload documents to internal systems (e.g., ImageNow).
· Maintain records relating to menus, allergens, stock, and finance.
· Process mail and maintain documentation.
• Ensure all documentation is up to date and submitted on time.
• Undertake additional duties appropriate to the role as requested by management.
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
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Collate patient menus from all wards accurately and within required timeframes, ensuring all dietary requirements, preferences, and service deadlines are met. This is a critical function that directly impacts patient experience, nutritional care, and service efficiency. This must be completed twice daily, 365 days a year, requiring a high level of accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
Maintain and regularly update allergen information across all menus and systems. This is a critical responsibility to ensure patient safety and compliance with food safety legislation. The post holder must ensure all allergen data is accurate, up to date, and reflects any menu or product changes immediately.
Run, input, and send orders within deadlines for fresh Food Provisions daily.
Goods receipt invoices and manage discrepancies.
This advert closes on Thursday 7 May 2026
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