Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Facilities Operative - Catering Assistant, St Cadocs Hospital

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Location
Caerleon, Wales, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/18/2025
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Description
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [email protected]

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Catering Assistant at St Cadocs Hospital in Caerleon.

We are looking for a highly motivated and energetic individual who is committed to enhancing the patient & customer experience, therefore you must have a passion for providing a high level of customer service.

The post requires the post-holder to be flexible in the performance of their duties, within the Kitchen/Catering service.

This post is 18 hours per week to be worked Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

The duties within each function will be set out in the relevant job schedules. The assignment of these duties will meet the priority needs and demands of the service as identified by the manager/supervisor. The post-holder will therefore be expected to take a flexible approach to their duties, and must also be able to cover rosters.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Previous Experience

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of working in a customer focused environment
  • Experience of undertaking a facilities role

Knowledge & Training

Essential criteria

  • Good basic education
  • Level 2 Food Safety or requirement to attain
  • Willingness to undertake & complete statutory & mandatory training including Basic Food Hygiene certificate

Desirable criteria

  • Basic IT skills
  • Spoken or written Welsh language
  • NVQ level 1/2 in Facilities Services and/or Customer Services

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Keen to develop knowledge and skills to support their role
  • Pleasant, caring and polite manner
  • Motivated
  • Flexible approach to work
  • Able to work autonomously without direct supervision
  • Able to recognise own limitations and seek support & guidance when required
  • Team Player
  • Good organisational skills
  • Dependable with good time management skills.
  • Able to give a positive impression of yourself and the organisation
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