Bank Host and Catering Assistant | Competitive Hourly Rate | Flexible Working
Spire Washington is looking to recruit a Bank Host and Catering Assistant to join their fantastic and dedicated team in the catering department and will cover host duties.
This role is a Bank position and therefore the successful candidate/s would be required for covering sickness, annual leave and other cover for business needs. This role would be ideal for those looking for flexible working patterns.
Duties and responsibilities.
- To work in close liaison with the clinical staff, understanding the special needs of the hospital on a day to day basis
- To be responsible for the day to day maintenance of the equipment provided, checking for faults and supply shortages and reporting them to the line manager
- Compliance with all Health and Safety at Work regulations including COSHH
- Work with guidance on moving and handling, as identified in corporate and local policy and discussed at Mandatory training sessions.
- Quality assurance and patient confidentiality must be maintained at all times.
- Using your previous waitressing / waiting experience, you will ensuring meals and beverages are delivered to patients' rooms
- Responding to any ad-hoc requests from patients to ensure their comfortable stay
- Assisting the catering and housekeeping teams with day-to-day duties
Who we're looking for
- A customer service-focused approach
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Previous experience in hospitality
- Able to work as part of a team
- Willing and able to complete mandatory training for COSSH, Manual Handling, Infection Control and Health & Safety in-house
Benefits
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via 'Spire for You'
- Wellbeing Centre access via 'Spire for You'
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
- Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team
- We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.
- The MyGymDiscounts benefit is now also available to all Spire Bank workers, as of October 2024.
- MyGymDiscounts is a fitness benefit that offers huge savings on gym memberships, digital fitness subscriptions and multi-activity memberships. With over 3,800 gyms, leisure centres, and more across the UK on offer, there are many options to suit location, preference, and budget.
- To find out more, Bank Workers should visit Spire for You ((url removed))
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.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
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