Bank Host and Catering Assistant

Host/Hostess | Brighton, Hove | Bank |Flexible working 

The Montefiore Hospital is looking for a Host/Hostess to join their fantastic catering team on a bank basis. 

*Hours: 7.5 hour shifts, working 5 days out of 7 including weekends between 7am - 8pm.

The Montefiore Hospital is a premium provider of private healthcare in Hove- East Sussex. We practice some of the most advanced treatments with the latest generation imaging and diagnostic technology. This means we can offer everything from screening, rehabilitation and cutting-edge surgical procedures across a variety of specialist treatments which are all delivered through our expert and caring clinical teams.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To assist, as directed, with preparation, presentation and service of food and beverages, to the specified standard, to staff, patients and consultants
• To assist with the service of food to staff, consultants, visitors and patients in both the restaurant and wards
• To take orders from customers in relation to food and beverage requests, adhering to any special dietary requirements or specific needs
• To maintain adequate control of all stock through stock rotation, date checking and ensuring packaging is intact
• To comply with the health and safety procedures in accordance with current legislation
• To undertake general cleaning and washing up duties associated with a large commercial kitchen in accordance with a schedule of works

Who we're looking for: 

• Experience of working in a catering role
• Good communication skills
• Ability to establish rapport with all customers 
• Have a committed approach to providing great customer service 
• Have the ability to work under pressure 
• Ability to work evenings and possibly some weekends
• Basic food hygiene certificate and awareness and understanding of Health & Safety at Work is desirable

Benefits

•    Bank colleagues are paid weekly
•    We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
•    Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won’t be applicable for all)
•    Access to Spire Healthcare pension
•    Access to Blue Light Card discounts
•    Smart spending 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.

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.

“Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.”

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

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