Barista / Cafe Assistant | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

With a new hourly rate of £12.92 per hour on weekdays, £18.22ph for weekday nights (after 8pm) & Saturdays, and £23.64ph for Sundays and Bank Holidays, there isn't a better time to join the team!

Do you have experience within a restaurant or cafe environment? Can you be a friendly face to patients, staff and visitors? Do you want to work in a friendly team that is passionate about what they do?

This is a set shift pattern of:
• Thursday - 06:30pm - 12.30am
• Friday - 12.00pm - 08:00pm
• Saturday - 04:30pm - 12.30am

Your day-to-day activities will include:
• Working with a team who are responsible for providing a seamless café experience to customers
• Serving patients, visitors and staff
• Completing relevant checklists and other paperwork related to the role
• Supporting new employees into the team
• Undertake stock takes as necessary
• Prepare food & coffees in an aesthetically pleasing manner
• Providing outstanding customer service in the retail units

The ideal candidate will:
• Have experience of working in a coffee/retail environment
• Be used to working in a busy environment
• Have a friendly, approachable personality, with a good work ethic

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Jun 2026

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