Flexible Catering Assistant (QHB) | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£24,852.66 WTE pro rated
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Burton On Trent, DE13 0RB
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	22 Oct 2026
Closing date:	21 Nov 2026

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Summary

FLEXIBLE CATERING ASSISTANT

-Queens Hospital Burton

-Florence Nightingale Community Hospital

AS & WHEN (BANK)

Working Times: As & When

Shift Pattern: Zero hours per week - As and When Required Working Arrangements

The Flexible Staffing Services aims to match suitably skilled workers with the flexible staffing requirements of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Are you friendly, reliable, and passionate about delivering great customer service?

We’re looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Catering and Retail Services team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. This is more than just a job — it’s an opportunity to play a vital role in both patient care and busy retail environments, including our restaurant and coffee shops.

Whether you’re serving meals on the wards or providing excellent service in our retail outlets, you’ll be at the heart of creating a positive experience for patients, staff, and visitors.

With flexible shifts, this role offers the chance to develop valuable hospitality and retail skills, gain experience in customer-focused environments, and be part of a friendly, supportive team that truly makes a difference.

Closing Date: 05 November 2026

Interview date: 19 November 2026

🍽️About the Role

As a Flexible Catering Assistant, you will help deliver high-quality food services to patients, staff, and visitors. Your work will directly support patient experience by ensuring meals are delivered and served to the highest standards.

You could be working:

• On hospital wards supporting patient meal services

• In main catering areas

• Within on-site retail outlets

Every day is varied, meaningful, and essential to the smooth running of the hospital.

Example shifts include:

• Morning: 07:30 – 10:30

• Afternoon: 11:30 - 14:30 / 10:30 - 17:00

• Evening: 16:30 – 19:30

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development

• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.

• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.

• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.

• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.

• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.

• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.

• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.

• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

• Please note: There is no guarantee of work being offered to you should you be successfully appointed. You are also under no obligation to accept work offered to you. Working Arrangements with further details will be issued to you for review and agreement prior to commencement.

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This advert closes on Thursday 5 Nov 2026

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