Food Service Assistant

2 days ago


Hereford, United Kingdom Sodexo Full time

**About the role**

Hospital stays can be quite a stressful time for our patients and their loved ones, a simple smile and high quality meal can put a patient at ease and make all the difference

At Sodexo we are passionate about food and we place our patients at the heart of everything we do. To provide a great service, we have a team of passionate** Food Service Assistants** behind us and we currently have a vacancy to join our great team at

You'll be responsible for serving food and beverages to patients, customers and staff with due care and attention. You'll also collect and wash up the dirty crockery and cutlery afterwards, always ensuring your work areas and kitchen areas are glistening

**A few things about you**

This is a customer facing role so it’s important to have a positive, friendly attitude. You'll work as part of a team and will need to have strong communication skills.

Experience working in a similar industry (i.e. food service, catering or hospitality) would be great, but generally customer service and food handling experience will tick the box

A general knowledge of health and safety procedures is also required, with knowledge of basic food hygiene and cleaning.

**Role Responsibility**:

- Distribution/serving of meals and beverages to patients/customers and staff
- Collection and washing up of dirty crockery, cutlery and service utensils
- Safe use of industrial catering equipment
- Decanting and labelling food items
- Cleaning of kitchen areas
- Cleaning of industrial catering equipment
- Recording of temperatures and corrective actions in accordance with company policy
- Stock rotation
- Complete monthly mandatory training in line with the role
- Carry out any additional duties required by line manager due to business demands
- Ability to learn new skills
- Ability to work safely at all times
- Ability to follow instruction at all times
- Good customer service skills
- High standards of personal Hygiene
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Basic literacy skills
- Ability to work under own initiative
- The ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to handle cash and cashing up procedures

**Package Description**:
**6 positions in total**

**2 x 32.5hrs per week**

**1 x 24hrs per week**

**2 x 20hrs per week**

**1 x 10hrs per week**

**Our benefits**:
As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life and health and wellbeing for our employees we provide discounts and benefit that you can tailor to suit your needs and help you take advantage of being part of Sodexo.

Weekend Pay Enhancements up-to 83% of hourly rate
- 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- 5% pension contribution
- Sodexo Discounts from over 1,200 top retailers
- Talk - a free wellbeing support helpline for you and your family
- Cycle to work



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