St. Columba's Hospice, 15 Boswall Road, EDINBURGH EH5 3RW
Organisation: St Columba's Hospice, Boswall Road, Edinburgh Job reference:000072 Salary:£27,802 WTE - pro rata, per annum (based on 37.5 hours per week) (rising to Step 2 £28,946 following 12 month satisfactory performance review) + Unsocial Hours Enhancement + Pension + Benefits Closing date:31/05/2026 Department:Hospice Operations Location:St Columba's Hospice Employment type:Permanent Hours Per Week:33 Contract Duration:Permanent Shift Pattern:9 days over 2 weeks, including weekends
Job Vacancy Details
Food and Beverage Assistant
Salary: £27,802 WTE - pro rata, per annum (based on 37.5 hours per week) (rising to Step 2 £28,946 following 12 month satisfactory performance review) + approximately £2,400 Unsocial Hours payment
Hours: 33 hours per week (9 days in a 2 week period, including every second weekend)
Were looking for a caring, reliable, Food and Beverage Assistant to help deliver safe, highquality catering services for patients, families, visitors and colleagues. Youll join a team focused on personcentred hospice care and play a key part in creating a welcoming, dignified dining experience.
Compassionate and patientfocused, you will have a strong focus on food safety, allergen management, personal hygiene and infection prevention & control
Duties will include:
1. Supporting the daily meal and beverage service for patients within the ward, ward visitors and staff, ensuring meals are timely and accurate against dietary care plans.
2. Helping to coordinate catering activity on shift, including demonstrating tasks and supporting volunteers.
3. Maintaining high standards of food safety and allergen controls (HACCP principles, labelling, crosscontamination prevention).
4. Completing and record key checks and maintain essential records (for example temperature checks), safe storage and cleaning routines, food safety logs, allergen matrices and other compliance documentation.
5. Working closely with the catering manager, head chef, dietitian and clinical teams to respond to changing dietary needs.
6. Delivering a service with compassion and professionalism, escalating concerns appropriatelyincluding any changes noticed in a patients condition.
About you:
7. Level 1 Food Safety qualification (or willingness to obtain) and awareness of food safety legislation and HACCP principles.
8. Understanding of allergen management & crosscontamination control and infection prevention & control
9. Compassionate, patientfocused team player with clear communication skills.
Our values:
Respect Care & Compassion Partnership Trust
Additional Information:
You may work in our InPatient Unit and will sometimes be around people experiencing distress. Youll be supported by an experienced team and will receive training appropriate to the role.
Hours are allocated on a two-week rota basis and cover a Monday to Sunday service - you will typically work 9 days in 2 weeks (5 days one week, 4 days another, including every second weekend). An unsocial hours uplift payment, of approximately 10%, is added to salary.
Does this sound like you? Wed love to hear from you!
Redefining Hospice Care: St Columba's exists to give everyone who needs it the very best hospice care. We're an independent charity at the heart of our local community, offering free, flexible and person-centred palliative care and support to our patients and their families.
Criminal Record Check: This post requires the post holder to have a criminal record check. An application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before the successful candidate can begin in post. The Hospice will pay/reimburse the cost of this check.
Scottish Charity No SC003634
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