Closing date: Sunday 8 March 2026
Location: Selly Park Site
Hours: 17.5 per week to include a Saturday or Sunday and bank holidays when required
Salary: £11,937 per annum (£23,875 full time equivalent)
DBS Requirement: Enhanced Check
Part Time Catering Assistant
Create Warmth, Comfort and Care in Every Dish
At Birmingham Hospice, everything we do is shaped by compassion. We are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people living with life-limiting conditions, while supporting their families and loved ones through some of life’s most challenging moments.
Our Catering Team plays a vital role in creating a warm, welcoming environment for patients, visitors and colleagues. From preparing meals for inpatients to supporting our Living Well centres and events, the team ensures every dish is made and served with care, dignity, and the highest standards of food safety.
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Catering/Kitchen Assistant to join our bank team at our Selly Park site. You’ll support our chefs in preparing and serving meals and snacks, keeping our kitchen running smoothly, and ensuring excellent hygiene and food safety at all times.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Preparing and serving meals
- Cleaning and maintaining kitchen and dining areas
- Restocking goods and supplies
- Supporting the catering for hospice events
- Using a till and cash handling (training will be provided)
What We’re Looking For:
- Good standard of education with CIEH Level 2 in Food Hygiene (attained within the last 3 years, or willingness to undertake)
- Catering experience in a professional kitchen and an awareness of food safety legislation
- Experience of keeping records (e.g completing work schedules)
- Excellent communication, people, time management and customer service skills
- Physically able to undertake lifting and manual handling activities
What You’ll Gain:
- Generous benefits package including enhanced annual leave and retail discount schemes
- The chance to develop new skills and grow your confidence
- The reward of knowing your work makes a meaningful difference to patients and their families
- A supportive, friendly team who value your contribution
If this sounds like the perfect role for you, we’d love to hear from you!
For an informal chat, email Sandra Humphries at: sandra.humphries@birminghamhospice.org.uk
To learn more about the role, please read the job description.
"No day is ever the same when working in events!"
Barbara Bennett, a Healthcare Assistant at Birmingham Hospice’s Erdington site, was inspired to join the hospice after seeing the expert palliative care her dad, Frederick, received there.
Having worked in healthcare for 30 years, Barbara decided it was time she went into palliative and end of life care after helping to care for her father when he was diagnosed with heart failure, kidney failure and dementia.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse workforce, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.
We value each person as an individual – whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.
Our Values
Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.
Kindness
Togetherness
Positivity
Openness
Respect
Innovation