Catering Assistant

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We are seeking to recruit a Catering Assistant to provide essential services within the catering department based at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish (EX7 0NR
).

The role involves providing meals for wards from a central catering facility, ensuring healthy accredited meals for patients and maintaining a busy environment. It is a varied and challenging role that includes freezer work for picking and packing meals, food preparation, and cleaning tasks.

In return, we provide full training, regular supervision, and learning and development opportunities, along with a competitive salary that includes enhanced rates of pay for weekends and public holidays, and an excellent pension package.

The position operates on a straight shift pattern between 06:30 am and 15:30 pm. Full uniform and training will be provided. The role does not involve evening work.

No catering experience is required, as full training will be given.

You will need excellent communication skills, a strong work ethic, and the ability to make decisions that ensure the safe running of our services. You must be positive, hardworking, and committed to delivering a high standard of service with a passion for catering and an eye for detail.

The job involves long periods of standing, freezer work, food preparation, and cleaning tasks.

If you require a certificate of sponsorship to work in the UK, it is unlikely this role will meet the criteria.

We provide mental health, learning disability & neuro‑diversity services, and a range of specialist & secure services for the wider South West region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing and strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, together with our partners, to deliver high‑quality services that are safe & focused on people’s recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.

We recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours that underpin our Trusts core values—commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We bring these values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile, making time for people, challenging ourselves & others, and being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community; we encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

• Date posted: 25 November 2025
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for change
• Band:
  Band 2
• Salary: £24,465 a year (equivalent to £12.51 ph) + enhanced pay at weekends & bank holidays
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full‑time, Part‑time, Flexible working
• Reference number: C9369‑25‑0401‑4
• Job location:
  
  Langdon Hospital, Exeter Road, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NR

Job responsibilities include:

• Freezer work for picking and packing patient meal orders.
• Food preparation, cleaning tasks, and maintaining stock control.
• Ensuring safe and efficient operation of catering services.

Essential

• Basic level of numeracy and literacy.
• Basic IT skills.

Desirable

• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate.
• QCF Level 2 qualification in Catering or Hospitality.

Essential

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to provide and receive routine information to customers and colleagues.
• Able to store deliveries ensuring good stock control.
• Judgement involving straightforward facts or situations.
• Ability to follow food production schedules.
• Able to pick and pack patient meal orders.
• Demonstrate a flexible, reliable and enthusiastic approach to duties.

Essential

• Moderate physical abilities required: pushing, pulling, lifting, receiving and storing stock, using catering and cleaning equipment.

Essential

• An understanding of customer care.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a busy catering environment.
• Knowledge of COSHH.
• Knowledge of working procedures and practices in catering service.
• Basic level of food safety.
• Basic knowledge of food allergens & intolerances.

Essential

• An understanding of customer care.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a busy catering environment.
• Knowledge of COSHH.
• Knowledge of working procedures and practices in catering service.
• Basic level of food safety.
• Basic knowledge of food allergens & intolerances.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required.

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Langdon Hospital, Exeter Road, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NR

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