Hospital Catering Assistant: Patient Meals & Service

Sodexo Group; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development

Wellbeing support

Pension arrangements

Colleague discounts

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Sodexo is hiring a Catering Assistant to work at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. You will join a busy catering team and help prepare, portion and serve meals to patients, ensuring dietary needs are met and service standards are maintained.

The role involves delivering meals to wards, taking patient orders, cleaning and sanitation, and operating catering equipment safely. Prior hospital catering experience is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of basic food hygiene and safe handling practices.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a busy catering team.
• Experience in hospital or healthcare catering is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Prepare meals to required standards, considering dietary requirements.
• Deliver meals to hospital wards.
• Take patients' menu orders accurately and professionally.
• Collect, wash and manage crockery, cutlery and service utensils.
• Clean catering equipment using appropriate methods.
• Use industrial catering equipment safely.
• Label, store and rotate food items.
• Record temperatures and corrective actions per procedures.
• Assist with stock rotation to reduce waste.
• Support retail catering colleagues as needed.
• Complete mandatory training for the role.
• Perform other reasonable duties as required.

Skills

Food hygiene knowledge

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Hospital environment experience

Education

No specific qualifications required

Tools

Industrial catering equipment

Job description

Sodexo is hiring a Catering Assistant to work at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. You will join a busy catering team and help prepare, portion and serve meals to patients, ensuring dietary needs are met and service standards are maintained.

The role involves delivering meals to wards, taking patient orders, cleaning and sanitation, and operating catering equipment safely. Prior hospital catering experience is advantageous.