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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Bank Catering Operative

The closing date is 11 November 2026

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Job summary

Are you interested in finding out more about Catering roles within our Bank team?

Here are a few reasons to apply

• Bank workers are valued members of our team and have access to exceptional benefits, including access to the NHS Pension scheme, and full training and induction support

• Bank offer flexible working patterns to meet your needs, offering earlies, lates, long days and nights with competitive rates.
  • • £11.45 per hour- Week days
    • £16.49 per hour- Nights and Saturdays
    • £21.53 per hour- Sundays and Bank Holidays

*All rates are inclusive of annual leave allowance

• State of the art facilities- you will be based within our award-winning Brunel building, which has recently won Best Acute Hospital Development at the 2017 Building Better Healthcare Awards in London and Best Healthcare Design over 25,000sqm at the European Healthcare Awards
• You will increase your skill set by working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver all admin support across many different areas within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Are you:

• Excited at the prospect of supporting our Trust by serving food in either our Staff Restaurant or Ward Level Patient Meal Service?
• Able to play a key role in our catering team, which may include the following duties:

• Preparing vegetables, fruit, salads, sandwiches, toast, beverages and other food items
• Working as a Pot Wash and supporting the catering stores area
• Working as a ward operative, preparing and serving food directly to patients'
• Working as a kitchen porter, providing additional support as required in our catering preparation unit
• Supporting services within the Coffee Shop both Barista and Serving customers
• Providing services within the staff Restaurant including serving food, cleaning of restaurant areas, washing up duties
• Cooking and preparation of basic food items within both CPU and the main Staff Restaurant
• Handling cash and the ability to use a cash till.

If so, Apply Now!

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details

Date posted

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£12.83 to £24.12 an hour per hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

339-BANK2781-DE

Job locations

Trustwide

Bristol

BS10 5NB

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.

• Preparing, pre-wrapping and date stamping and pricing as appropriate menu items, e.g., salads, sandwiches, some cold sweets, cheese and biscuits etc.
• Preparing of workstations for the service of meals
• Serving and/or dispatching of meals for patients, staff, visitors and special function guests.
• Dispatching of meals for patients, staff, visitors and special function guests (via the conveyor belt system where applicable).
• Assisting Chefs as and when required with food preparation in readiness for cooking
• Preparing and cooking of specific food items for servery
• Cleaning of premises including floors, walls, sinks, wash hand basins, work surfaces, cupboards, toilets etc.
• Cleaning of large items of equipment including ovens, refrigerators, mixing machines, brat pans, boilers etc.
• Washing of crockery, cutlery and other utensils and small items of equipment
• Cleaning of food trolleys, general purpose trolleys, bain maries and hot cupboards etc.
• Maintaining agreed standards of food hygiene at all times.
• Taking items to and collecting items from wards and other departments as required.
• Replenishing of Vending Machine and completion of necessary paperwork.
• Loading / unloading and movement of meal service trolleys and insulated food boxes.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.

• Preparing, pre-wrapping and date stamping and pricing as appropriate menu items, e.g., salads, sandwiches, some cold sweets, cheese and biscuits etc.
• Preparing of workstations for the service of meals
• Serving and/or dispatching of meals for patients, staff, visitors and special function guests.
• Dispatching of meals for patients, staff, visitors and special function guests (via the conveyor belt system where applicable).
• Assisting Chefs as and when required with food preparation in readiness for cooking
• Preparing and cooking of specific food items for servery
• Cleaning of premises including floors, walls, sinks, wash hand basins, work surfaces, cupboards, toilets etc.
• Cleaning of large items of equipment including ovens, refrigerators, mixing machines, brat pans, boilers etc.
• Washing of crockery, cutlery and other utensils and small items of equipment
• Cleaning of food trolleys, general purpose trolleys, bain maries and hot cupboards etc.
• Maintaining agreed standards of food hygiene at all times.
• Taking items to and collecting items from wards and other departments as required.
• Replenishing of Vending Machine and completion of necessary paperwork.
• Loading / unloading and movement of meal service trolleys and insulated food boxes.

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Ability to communicate with other catering staff regarding work issues and instructions

Qualifications

Essential

• To hold or obtain within 3 months of commencement of employment with NBT, a Level 2 Foundation certificate in Food Hygiene or its equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Up to date awareness of Catering Procedures and Food Safety
• Recently working or have worked in the Catering industry in the last 3 years (been in post not later than 6 months)

Desirable

• Currently Works in the Catering Industry

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Ability to communicate with other catering staff regarding work issues and instructions

Qualifications

Essential

• To hold or obtain within 3 months of commencement of employment with NBT, a Level 2 Foundation certificate in Food Hygiene or its equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Up to date awareness of Catering Procedures and Food Safety
• Recently working or have worked in the Catering industry in the last 3 years (been in post not later than 6 months)

Desirable

• Currently Works in the Catering Industry

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

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Bristol

BS10 5NB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Bristol

BS10 5NB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Temporary Staffing Lead

Mel Price

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£12.83 to £24.12 an hour per hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

339-BANK2781-DE

Job locations

Trustwide

Bristol

BS10 5NB

United Kingdom

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