Patient Meal Service Assistant

Job Introduction

About the role
Hospital stays can be quite a stressful and worrying time for our patients and their loved ones. A simple smile and high-quality service can put our patients at ease and make all the difference! 

At Sodexo our Patient Meal Service Assistants are vital to making sure that we provide a great all-round service for our patients and visitors.

You’ll assist in the preparation, delivery and serving of patient food and drink making sure that you provide a friendly, courteous service, delivering/collecting meal trolleys to and from wards, driving a tug and assisting with pot wash.

You will follow a strict cleaning schedule ensuring to maintain a clean and hygienic environment whilst upholding a high level of infection prevention throughout the hospital.  

Please note, you must have the ability to deal with clinical waste, smells, bodily excretions and fluids. 

A few things about you
Our patients are at the heart of everything we do so it’s important that fantastic customer service is always at the forefront! If you are a compassionate, friendly and approachable individual with strong communication skills, this could be the perfect role for you!

We are looking for someone with basic food hygiene, knowledge of COSHH and experience with cleaning. Infection control awareness is also vital too.  

Your organisation skills and ability to prioritise tasks must be second to none, as in this role you’ll need to adapt to different tasks within different departments and also with different teams. 

Package Description

A fabulous opportunity has arisen for the right person to join our team here at Doncaster Royal Infirmary as a Patient Meal Service Assistant.

This role requires excellent customer service skills as you will be taking patient meal orders and delivering/collecting meal trolleys to and from wards, driving a tug and assisting with pot wash.

If this sounds like you, then keep on reading….

• 21.75 hours
• £9.50 per hour (20% weekend enhancement pay)
• Permanent Part Time
• Working:  Shifts alternate between:  7:30am - 2:00pm or 1:00pm - 8:00pm on a  4 on, 4 off rota,
• Overtime: availalbe
• Benefits:  Free parking available, Workplace pension. Access to a host of discounts including discounted private medical and travel insurance, discounted cinema tickets. Overtime available.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process