Catering Assistant in Wigan

Job post summary Date posted: 8 October 2025 Pay: £12.51 per hour Job Description: Job Title: Catering Assistant Trust Location: Wrightington Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust Location: Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan Ln, Wigan, WN1 2NN Hours: 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday- 14.00 - 20.00 and occasionally 12.00 - 18.30 Payrate: £12.51 per hour (weekend overtime may be available - paid at a higher rate of £17.64 - £22.90 per hour shift dependant) About the Trust Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute trust serving the people of Wigan and Leigh. Innovative and forward thinking, the trust provides the best possible healthcare for the local population in the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. What you’ll be responsible for: · Work to standard operational procedures. · Preparation of food, this could be within high-risk chilled areas, to specified recipes · Ensuring labelling of products is correct e.g., product name dates. · After training could be required to produce cooked foods e.g., soups, gravy, fried, bacon etc. · Performance of duties in accordance with approved methods, frequencies and standards, adhering to strict food safety standards. · Meeting deadlines for production of meals as part of a team. · May be required to take patient menu choices at ward level, offer alternatives where required. · Required to serve meals at ward level to patients, or in retail outlets to staff & visitors, occasional delivery of buffets & functions outside the Department. The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above. You’ll have the following skills/experience: · Excellent customer service. · Excellent communication skills · Experience in a similar role · Level 2 Food Safety certificate As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits: · Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week · Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime · Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts · Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone · Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements · Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more · Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us · Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours Who are NHS Professionals? We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members. As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply. Apply Today By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas. Disclaimer Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion