Cleaning & Catering Assistant

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 13,000; Part time

Job summary

A large healthcare provider in Bristol is seeking Cleaning/Catering Assistants to maintain cleanliness and support patient catering services. You will be responsible for cleaning clinical areas and providing food to patients. Ideal candidates should have basic education and preferably earlier NHS experience. This role offers a starting salary of £12.51 per hour and various benefits including flexible working hours. Applications from diverse candidates are encouraged.

Benefits

27 days holiday per year pro rata

Paid statutory holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Reading and writing skills plus basic numeric skills.
• Experience in a cleaning role, preferably in an NHS environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean & hygienic environment.
• Provide a catering service to inpatients.
• Clean clinical and non-clinical areas to NHS standards.

Skills

Cleaning skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Education

Basic Education

NVQ Level 1 or Cleaning Experience

Job description

Main area Cleaning/Catering, Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: and Fixed Term - Various Contracts Available Hours 32.5 hours per week (Other Shifts Available) Job ref 387-EF0473-MF

• Part time
• Other

Site Bristol Royal Infirmary Town Bristol Salary £24,465 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 21/12/2025 23:59

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We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

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Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge and want to be a part of our amazing team? We are currently recruiting Cleaning/Catering Assistants to help us keep our hospital clean, and our patients fed.

With a new hourly rate of £12.51 per hour on weekdays, £17.63ph for weekday nights (after 8pm) & Saturdays, and £22.89ph for Sundays and Bank Holidays, there isn't a better time to join the team!

We are currently recruiting to:

• Monday to Friday - 13.30 - 20.00 - 30 hours per week
• Monday to Friday - 16:00 - 20:00 - 20 hours per week

Main duties of the job

As a Cleaning and Catering Assistant, you will be helping to support the clinical team in their delivery of a high standard of patient service and clinical care to the people of our local population.

You will be responsible for maintaining a safe, clean & hygienic environment, whilst providing a catering service to our inpatients. Your main responsibilities will be to clean the hospital to the required standard following NHS cleaning protocols; you will lead in the cleaning of clinical and non-clinical areas. You will also be responsible for the serving of food to our patients, providing a basic catering service.

Benefits

• Starting salary of £12.36 per hour!
• This post attracts pay uplift for unsociable hours if worked.
• 27 days holiday per year pro rata
• Paid statutory holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible working hours

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description attached to this vacancy.

Qualifications and Training

• Basic Education – Reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
• NVQ Level 1 or Cleaning Experience in a similar field

Knowledge and Experience

• Previous NHS experience

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim 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 to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide, interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.