St Elizabeth Hospice

We are looking for a Bank Catering Assistant to join our hardworking, busy and friendly team

We have our own dedicated team of Catering Assistants, however from time to time we require additional team members to ensure we continue to provide a quality service within the Hospice.

As a Bank Catering Assistant, we will call you to offer occasional shifts, this may be planned or at short notice, for a full shift or as ad hoc additional hours, so flexibility and commitment is essential and will include evenings and weekends.

You will be required to assist the Head Chef and Cooks in the preparation of food to the highest standards of hygiene and quality, and to ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen and dining areas.

The ideal candidate will have previous catering experience, and within a healthcare environment would be desirable.  You will have excellent customer service skills and be a flexible team player.

St Elizabeth Hospice is committed to safeguarding and protecting the adults and young people that we work with and has a zero-tolerance approach to abuse, neglect and discrimination of any person. As such, all posts are subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We have a range of robust safeguarding policies in place which promote safeguarding across the hospice and staff are expected to undertake regular, mandatory safeguarding training to equip them with the knowledge and skills to identify and respond to potential risks.

St Elizabeth Hospice is an independent charity and hospice, which improves life for people in the East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney areas living with a progressive or life-limiting illness.

Established in 1989, the hospice has built a reputation for delivering high-level care to patients and the community it serves. Through medicine and therapy, they ease pain; give life purpose and make life liveable. Last year the charity supported over 4,000 patients and their families.

The hospice’s work is centred on the individual’s needs and they provide specialist support wherever it is needed; whether that is in the home, another setting in the community, in hospital or in the hospice itself. Support is provided to patients and their families via the Inpatient Unit, the Community Care Unit  including outpatient’s clinics, home visits from the community nursing, medical or therapy team, the OneCall 24/7 telephone helpline and bereavement support

In 2023, St Elizabeth Hospice merged with East Coast Hospice to form a collaborative approach to developing achievable and sustainable specialist palliative care services for people living the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area.

For more details about this role please read the job description and person specification or contact Lizy Henry, Head Chef elizabeth.henry@stelizabethhospice.org.uk