Job summary
A vacancy has a risen within the nursery for a Catering Assistant Post to join our team.
Free Spirits is a busy 88 place Nursery catering for children 6 months to Pre School.
We are looking for a self motivated enthusiastic person who has catering experience and a relevant food hygiene certificate would be desirable.
- Interview date: 22 October 2025
- 17 hours 30 minutes/week - over 2 days (Monday and Tuesday)
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
- To assist in the provision of catering for the children's daily food and beverages, ensuring a nutritious diet and catering for any individual dietary requirements.
- Serving/assisting in the distribution of meal boxes and meals
- Preparation of simple foods
- Assist staff in the serving of meals and clearing away after meal times
- Maintaining a high standard of hygiene within the Nursery kitchen is a major function of the role.
- Carry out laundry tasks on a daily basis, ensuring the laundry space is well maintained and compliant with Health and Safety/COSHH regulations
- Collate meal numbers
- Prepare trolleys for meal times
- Assist Nursery staff in the serving of food to the children
- Liaise with Nursery staff to ensure all dietary requirements are accurate and up to date.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospital
o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
o Newcastle Dental Hospital
o Newcastle Fertility Centre
o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
o Northern Genetics Service
o Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assist in the provision of catering for the childrens daily food and beverages, ensuring a nutritious diet and catering for any individual dietary requirements.
- Serving/assisting in the distribution of meal boxes and meals
- Preparation of simple foods
- Assist staff in the serving of meals and clearing away after meal times
- Maintaining a high standard of hygiene within the Nursery kitchen is a major function of the role.
- Carry out laundry tasks on a daily basis, ensuring the laundry space is well maintained and compliant with Health and Safety/COSHH regulations
- Collate meal numbers
- Prepare trolleys for meal times
- Assist Nursery staff in the serving of food to the children
- Liaise with Nursery staff to ensure all dietary requirements are accurate and up to date.
- Record Fridge temperatures on a daily basis.
- To operate a rolling programme of washing the curtains and any fabric-based play equipment within the Nursery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assist in the provision of catering for the childrens daily food and beverages, ensuring a nutritious diet and catering for any individual dietary requirements.
- Serving/assisting in the distribution of meal boxes and meals
- Preparation of simple foods
- Assist staff in the serving of meals and clearing away after meal times
- Maintaining a high standard of hygiene within the Nursery kitchen is a major function of the role.
- Carry out laundry tasks on a daily basis, ensuring the laundry space is well maintained and compliant with Health and Safety/COSHH regulations
- Collate meal numbers
- Prepare trolleys for meal times
- Assist Nursery staff in the serving of food to the children
- Liaise with Nursery staff to ensure all dietary requirements are accurate and up to date.
- Record Fridge temperatures on a daily basis.
- To operate a rolling programme of washing the curtains and any fabric-based play equipment within the Nursery.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Up to date Level 2 Food Hygiene Qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Awareness of good food hygiene practices
- Have previous Catering experience
Desirable
- Allergen Awareness Qualification
Skills & Abilities
Desirable
- Able to work well within a large department, but also use own initiative.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Up to date Level 2 Food Hygiene Qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Awareness of good food hygiene practices
- Have previous Catering experience
Desirable
- Allergen Awareness Qualification
Skills & Abilities
Desirable
- Able to work well within a large department, but also use own initiative.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
