Patient Catering Menu Clerk

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

The closing date is 27 April 2025

Job summary

Are you looking for a new opportunity to work with patients? Do you have availability on Saturday and Sunday mornings? Would you like to help patients with their food choices?

If you answered yes to the above questions, we have the right opportunity for you.

We are looking for a Weekend Menu Clerk to support patients with ordering their meals; we have moved forward with digital meal ordering, using tablets to allow patients to make decisions in real time about what they'd like to eat that day.

Main duties of the job

On a day to day basis you will:-

Support patients with food choices
Take food orders
Providing information about each meal choice
Assisting with decision making
Take into account special dietary requirements
Work as part of a team to deliver a seamless catering service

In return you will receive:-

A competitive attractive hourly ratewhich is increased due to weekends
Industry leading pension scheme
The opportunity to work additional hours in the week
An attractive discounts package for retail, finance and holidays
An induction and comprehensive training package

We are looking for individuals to work 7am to 10am on Saturday AND Sunday.

About us

University Hospitals Bristol &Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, with aworkforce of over 13,000 staff and 100+different clinical services across 10 sites, serving apopulation of over500,000 peopleacross Bristol and Weston.UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent careto patients. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust,committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.

Join us and you can enjoycity living, be in the countryside or bythe seaside,with easy access to all the South Westoffers. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

As an equal opportunities employer,actively working towards a diverse workforce,we aim to createaworkforce that represents the diversity of our communityand are committed to designing our services around the needs of patients and their loved ones. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

387-EF0404-MF

Job locations

Bristol Royal Infirmary

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

A good standard of secondary education, including GCSE grade A - C or equivalent
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate - or equivalent experience
Numeracy level 1 or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Previous administrative experience
Previous experience of working in a customer-facing service, providing services directly to members of the public
Previous experience of working with IT

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

A good standard of secondary education, including GCSE grade A - C or equivalent
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate - or equivalent experience
Numeracy level 1 or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Previous administrative experience
Previous experience of working in a customer-facing service, providing services directly to members of the public
Previous experience of working with IT

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information