Catering Assistant (Wessex Driver)
Be part of something greater.
- Job reference: SDX/TP/1113012/162353
- Location: Doncaster
- Job type: Part Time - 21.52 hours per week
- Salary: £00.00 per hour plus Sodexo Benefits
- Closing date: 09 October 2026
About the role
Catering Assistant - Wessex Driver
Location: Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Salary: £12.71 per hour
Hours: 21.52 hour per week
About the role
As a Catering Assistant with Sodexo at Doncaster Royal Infiramry, you’ll play an important part in delivering a reliable and welcoming meal service for patients.
Working as part of the catering team, you’ll help prepare and serve meals, deliver food to hospital wards and take patients’ menu orders. You’ll also ensure that equipment, crockery and service areas are kept clean, safe and hygienic.
This is a hands-on role where attention to detail matters. From accommodating dietary requirements to recording food temperatures, your work will help ensure every meal is prepared and served safely and to the required standard.
What you’ll do
- Prepare food to the required standards, taking account of patients’ dietary requirements.
- Deliver meals to hospital wards.
- Take patients’ menu orders accurately and professionally.
- Collect and wash crockery, cutlery and service utensils.
- Clean catering equipment using the appropriate materials and methods.
- Use industrial catering equipment safely.
- Decant, label and store food items correctly.
- Record food temperatures and any corrective actions in line with company procedures.
- Rotate stock to maintain quality and minimise waste.
- Support retail catering colleagues when required.
- Complete mandatory training relevant to your role.
- Assist with other reasonable duties in response to the needs of the service.
What you bring
Essential
- Basic knowledge of food hygiene and safe food-handling practices.
- An understanding of effective cleaning methods and standards.
- Excellent customer service and communication skills.
- The confidence to interact professionally and respectfully with patients.
- A positive, reliable and helpful approach.
- The ability to work well as part of a busy catering team.
Desirable
- Previous food-handling or catering experience.
- Experience working within a hospital, healthcare or similar environment.
- A Basic Food Hygiene qualification.
What we offer
Working with Sodexo is more than a job. It’s an opportunity to be part of something greater. You’ll belong to a company and team that values you for you, where you can act with purpose, make a difference through your everyday actions and thrive in your own way.
Sodexo’s current Catering Assistant adverts commonly highlight training and development, wellbeing support, pension arrangements, colleague discounts and opportunities to progress within the company.
About Sodexo
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. We bring people together and deliver services that make a positive difference every day.
We welcome and encourage applications from people with diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives. At Sodexo, you can be yourself, belong in a team and thrive in your own way.
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KEY BENEFITS
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Advice and guidance
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Pension Plan
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Wellbeing support
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Generous leave
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Discounts and savings
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Virtual GP
24-hour access to video or phone consultations for you and your family.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At our company, we believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Roles at Sodexo are designed to empower individuals from all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an environment that values equity and supports the growth of all employees, ensuring that everyone can contribute to and benefit from our collective success.
Social Impact
Ever since we started, we’ve had a clear purpose – to do some good in our communities through helping people. Today, that purpose is still a huge part of who we are. And every one of our colleagues helps that happen.
We’re committed to volunteering our time, resources, skills and knowledge – more than 50% of colleagues contribute to thousands of volunteer hours every year. And our Charitable Foundation has now donated over £9 million to charities and good causes across the country.
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