Host and Catering Assistant at Spire Healthcare, Edinburgh

Host / Catering Assistant | Spire Shawfair Park Hospital Edinburgh | Permanent | Full-Time

Spire Shawfair Park Hospital is looking for a friendly and reliable Host/Catering Assistant to join our Catering Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in providing high-quality food and beverage services to patients, visitors and colleagues within a leading private healthcare environment.

Key Responsibilities

• - Deliver meals and refreshments to patients in a professional and compassionate manner.
• - Assist with food preparation and presentation in line with food safety standards.
• - Maintain cleanliness and hygiene throughout catering areas.
• - Support the smooth running of the hospital restaurant and patient dining services.
• - Ensure excellent customer service is provided to patients, visitors and colleagues.
• - Follow all health and safety, food hygiene and infection prevention procedures.

Who We're Looking For

• - Previous catering, hospitality, customer service or healthcare experience is desirable but not essential.
• - A positive, friendly and caring approach.
• - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• - Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• - Flexible and reliable with a strong work ethic.
• - Basic food hygiene knowledge would be advantageous.

Benefits:
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• - 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• - Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• - 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• - Private medical insurance
• - Life assurance
• - Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
We commit to our employee's well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.