Bank Host and Catering Assistant
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Host and Catering Assistant (Bank) | Catering Department | Flexible ad-hoc shifts | Portsmouth
Spire Portsmouth Hospital have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Host & Catering Assistant to join our hardworking Catering team on the staffing bank.
This is a great chance to work within a leading private hospital, delivering high quality care to a wide range of patients.
Spire Portsmouth Hospital offers world-class care within beautiful surroundings, and is part of one of the UK’s most respected private hospital groups. With a full multidisciplinary medical team, you can get fast access to expert healthcare, from consultations and diagnosis to personalised treatments and as much aftercare as you clinically need
Duties and Responsibilities
- Deliver meal and beverage services to patients in a courteous and professional manner
- Take patient meal orders and support individual dietary requirements where appropriate
- Ensure patient dining areas are clean, tidy and welcoming
- Assist with food preparation and presentation in line with hospital standards
- Maintain excellent food hygiene and infection prevention standards at all times
- Support stock control, replenishment and storage procedures
- Assist with clearing tables, collecting trays and maintaining cleanliness throughout service periods
- Work collaboratively with Catering, Facilities and Clinical teams to support patient needs
- Follow all health and safety procedures, policies and regulatory requirements
- Provide excellent customer service to patients, visitors and colleagues
Who we're looking for:
- Previous experience in catering, hospitality, customer service or healthcare environments is desirable
- A passion for delivering excellent service and supporting positive patient experiences
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Friendly, approachable and compassionate manner
- Ability to work effectively within a team and independently when required
- Reliable, flexible and professional approach to work
- Good organisational skills and attention to detail
- Understanding of food hygiene principles and safe working practices
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment whilst maintaining high standards
- Commitment to providing an excellent experience for patients, visitors and colleagues
Working Hours: Shifts as required - earlies & lates Monday to Sunday 06:30-13:30 or
13:30-22:00
Contract: Bank 0 hours flexible working
Benefits:
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
- Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
Our Values:
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together
Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.
About Us
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.
We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards