Catering Assistant

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20 hours per week including alternate Weekends

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We are seeking a Catering Assistant to join our well established and friendly team at Horton General Hospital, Banbury, Oxfordshire.

As the Catering Assistant you will work as part of a dedicated team providing professional and customer focused catering service to patients. Full training and development is provided as well as the opportunity to gain food hygiene qualifications.

Main duties of the job

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The Catering team are responsible for providing all patient food from breakfast through to lunch and supper. Full training and the opportunity to gain qualifications is provided; however experienced candidates are also encouraged to apply. Therefore, if you have experience of working in a busy catering environment and have demonstrable experience of working autonomously, along with being a confident communicator, why not consider joining our team?

In return for your hard work, we will offer you:-

a competitive salary and additional pay for any unsocial hours that you workaccess to a number of local and national discounts - on holidays, insurance, shopping and a whole lot morean industry leading pensionan environment where you can expect to be supported and developed.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Details

Date posted

06 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,272 a year

per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

321-CORP-8014053-B2

Job locations

Horton General Hospital

Estates & Facilities Building

Banbury

OX16 9AL

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For a Detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the Job Description document attached.

Job responsibilities

For a Detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the Job Description document attached.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• oAbility to communicate with staff at various levels of the organisation
• oWell organized and methodical, with the ability to operate machinery and equipment
• oTeam player
• oFlexible approach and adaptable in response to changing service needs

Experience

Essential

• oRelevant catering experience
• oRelevant experience in a similar role

Skills

Essential

• oAbility to work under own initiative to achieve set targets.
• oGood communication skills, both written and verbal.
• oAbility to carry out audits and satisfaction surveys
• oComputer literate
• oProblem solving skills

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• oAbility to communicate with staff at various levels of the organisation
• oWell organized and methodical, with the ability to operate machinery and equipment
• oTeam player
• oFlexible approach and adaptable in response to changing service needs

Experience

Essential

• oRelevant catering experience
• oRelevant experience in a similar role

Skills

Essential

• oAbility to work under own initiative to achieve set targets.
• oGood communication skills, both written and verbal.
• oAbility to carry out audits and satisfaction surveys
• oComputer literate
• oProblem solving skills

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

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Horton General Hospital

Estates & Facilities Building

Banbury

OX16 9AL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Horton General Hospital

Estates & Facilities Building

Banbury

OX16 9AL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job responsibilities

For a Detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the Job Description document attached.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• oAbility to communicate with staff at various levels of the organisation
• oWell organized and methodical, with the ability to operate machinery and equipment
• oTeam player
• oFlexible approach and adaptable in response to changing service needs

Experience

Essential

• oRelevant catering experience
• oRelevant experience in a similar role

Skills

Essential

• oAbility to work under own initiative to achieve set targets.
• oGood communication skills, both written and verbal.
• oAbility to carry out audits and satisfaction surveys
• oComputer literate
• oProblem solving skills