Catering Assistant

Spire Murrayfield Hospital are looking to recruit a Host/ Kitchen Assistant to join their fantastic and dedicated team.This is a part time position working 22.5 hours per week
Duties and Responsibilities:
* To work in close liaison with the clinical staff, understanding the special needs of the hospital on a day to day basis
* To be responsible for the day to day maintenance of the equipment provided, checking for faults and supply shortages and reporting them to the line manager
* Compliance with all Health and Safety at Work regulations including COSHH
* Work with guidance on moving and handling, as identified in corporate and local policy and discussed at Mandatory training sessions
* Quality assurance and patient confidentiality must be maintained at all times.
* Using your previous waitressing / waiting experience, you will ensuring meals and beverages are delivered to patients' rooms
* Responding to any ad-hoc requests from patients to ensure their comfortable stay
* Assisting in the kitchen and Dining Room
* Assisting the catering and housekeeping teams with day-to-day duties
Who we're looking for:
* A customer service-focused approach
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Previous experience in hospitality
* Able to work as part of a team
* Willing and able to complete mandatory training for COSSH, Manual Handling, Infection Control and Health & Safety in-house
Working Hours: 22.5
Contract Type: Permanent
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
* 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
* 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.
We commit to our employee's well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
* 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
* Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
* 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
* Free Bupa wellness screening
* Private medical insurance
* Life assurance
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