Food Service Assistant
| Posting date: | 08 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.51 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 December 2025 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 |
| Company: | Sodexo Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SDX/TP/2245345/151590 |
Summary
Food Services Assistant
Location: Ipswich Hospital
Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 17.00 am – 20.00pm(3 hrs per day, 6 hrs per week)
Pay: £12.51 per hour
Are you passionate about delivering excellent customer service and ensuring patients receive nutritious meals in a caring environment? Join our team as a Food Services Assistant and make a real difference every weekend.
What you’ll do:
- Accurately take patient refreshment orders, including dietary and allergy requirements.
- Assemble and present patient meals to a high standard.
- Deliver meals to patients’ rooms, ensuring comfort and assistance where needed.
- Maintain hygiene standards by cleaning crockery, cutlery, trays, and ward kitchen areas.
- Monitor stock control and complete all required documentation.
- Communicate politely and professionally with patients and staff at all times.
What we’re looking for:
- Previous experience in a similar role.
- Excellent presentation and customer service skills.
- Good communication and literacy skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate (essential).
Why join us?
- Competitive pay rate of £12.51 per hour.
- Opportunity to contribute to patient care and satisfaction.
- Supportive team environment with training provided.
What we offer:
Working with Sodexo ismore than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’llbelong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purposeand have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrivein your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewardsand benefits for our colleagues and their families:
Unlimited access to anonline platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
Employee AssistanceProgramme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may needadditional support, including legal and financial advice, support with workrelated issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
Access to a freehealth and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthylifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
The Sodexo DiscountsScheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or theprepayment cashback card.
Money Insights andfinancial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
Save for your futureby becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
A Death-in-Servicebenefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
Opportunities toenable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo,including a variety of learning and development tools.
Cycle to Work Schemeto help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
VolunteeringOpportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in ourcommunities.
Flexible and dynamicwork environment
Competitivecompensation
Full training and fullprotective uniform supplied.
Ready to be part ofsomething greater? Apply today!Career progression for the caringprofession.
Sodexo reserves theright to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volumeof applications
About Sodexo
At Sodexo, our purposeis to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life forall. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, weoperate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through ourunique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & RewardsServices and Personal & Home Services.
We are committedto being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.Wewelcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety ofexperiences, backgrounds, and identities.We encourage our employees toget involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents &Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations andOrigins.
We’re a DisabilityConfident Leader employer.We’re committed to changing attitudes towardsdisability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil theiraspirations.We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidateswith disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Click here to readmore about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.
Sodexo Disability,Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.