An opportunity has arisen to join the Catering Department team at Freeman Hospital. You will work as part of the large team providing patient, staff and visitors hot and cold meals and beverages 365 days per year. You will work 5 days out of 7 on a 3 week rolling rota, including working 2 weekends out of 3, in the shift times 6am to 2pm and 10am to 6pm. We operate 365 days a year.
Details
* Interview date: Tuesday 17 February 2026
* 37 hours 30 minutes /week
* 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.
* Please note we are unable to sponsor this post.
* To produce patients sandwiches, salads and cold sweets and to assist the cooks in the preparation, cooking and serving of meals for patients, staff and functions.
* Responsible for the preparation of the cold items for the following day and the cooking of the food for children's wards lunch and evening meal.
* Completing relevant paper work.
* To assist the cooks in the preparation, cooking and serving of meals for patients, staff and function services.
* Responsible for the timely production of all meals to the required standards.
Flexible Working
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. With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Dental Hospital, Cramlington Manor Walks, Urgent treatment centres, Newcastle Fertility Centre, Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria, Northern Genetics Service.
Benefits
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.
Disability Confident
Disability Confident. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .
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