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Ward Pantry - Pinehill Hospital - Hitchin
Pinehill Hospital is one of Hertfordshire’s leading private hospitals with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality patient-centred care. We provide a wide range of elective healthcare services to private and NHS patients. Pinehill Hospital is proud of the high quality clinical standards we provide to our patients and are committed to ensuring that we can continuously improve our standards of services.
The role
Reporting to the Catering Supervisor you will provide a high standard of catering service, as part of the support services team. Experience is not essential, as we will provide all training necessary for the position although it will benefit you if you have worked previously in a fast-paced environment to high standards.
As a Bank Catering Assistant, you will be part of a team who will be responsible for the service delivery of all food and drink to the patients on the wards including managing dietary requirements.
Additional tasks will consist of the washing of cutlery, replenishing our hot drinks machines and explaining the daily menus across all meals
You will be part of a team of Catering Assistants who are fundamental in ensuring that all work is carried out in a hygienic and methodical manner and that standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital are in line with our policies
Daily cleaning of all areas of the catering department to the agreed standard
You will be required to have a good understanding of current health and hygiene regulations, and ensure that these are adhered to in the preparation and service of all foodstuffs
A willingness to work positively with a team to achieve team goals and excellence in service delivery
What we give back to you
Competitive hourly rates plus enhancements
Free DBS
Contributory pension scheme
Excellent training and development opportunities
Free parking and subsidised staff restaurant (subject to site facilities)
Free uniform
Access to Blue Light Card
About us
Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 50 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 11 countries with 77,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.
We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.
We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
We are proud of our ‘Speak Up for Safety’ programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of everything we do. Join us and have more ‘Time to Care’.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
We value your application and welcome any questions you may have prior to applying. Please be advised that we reserve the right to close our advertisements prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process. Pinehill Hospital is committed to quality, equality and opportunity for all.
We care. It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.
We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people at risk. We expect all employees to share this commitment and behave in a way that supports it. All successful candidates will be provided with safeguarding training appropriate to their role.

Ramsay Health Care is a trusted provider of private hospital and healthcare services in Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom.
Every year, millions of patients put their trust in Ramsay, confident in our ability to deliver safe, high-quality healthcare with outstanding clinical outcomes. We operate hundreds of hospitals, day surgeries, primary care clinics, mental health services, diagnostics and imaging centres across eight countries. Ramsay’s integrated health services are also available at home and in the community through personalised cancer and cardiac care, psychology, allied health, virtual monitoring and telehealth.
Ramsay employs more than 90,000 of the best people in healthcare and supports a wide range of teaching, training and research. We are guided by our longstanding purpose of ‘people caring for people’ and driven by our vision to be a leading healthcare provider of the future.