Host and Catering Assistant

Hospital Waitress/Waiter | Spire Murrayfield Hospital | Edinburgh | Permanent | Hospitality experience desired

Spire Murrayfield Hospital is recruiting a Hospital Waitress/Waiter to join their fantastic and dedicated team to support on a permanent basis.

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

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours:

Week 1 - 6:30-2:30pm
Week 2 - 11:00-7pm
Week 3 - 1-9pm
1 in 3 weekends - Sat or Sun

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Free PVG
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist resourcing team.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 38 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

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.