Cafe Worker - FT- Shift Varies

Northeast Georgia Medical Center•Gainesville, GA

About The Position

The Café Worker is responsible for operating café stations such as salad bars, deli stations, action stations, beverage areas, and hot bars; this does not apply to long-term care facilities. The role requires reading, understanding, and following directions, recipes, and work assignments, and performing routine, repetitive tasks despite frequent interruptions. Numerical ability is needed for customer transactions where applicable, recipe preparation, measuring ingredients, and handling cleaning agents and chemicals. Good motor coordination and manual dexterity are required for food preparation and customer service. The Café Worker must be willing to work flexible hours and remain patient toward guests, staff, patients, and family members. The position prepares and serves beverages and food, assists with café preparation, cleans and stores dishes, follows food-safety and facility procedures, and helps receive and store supplies. It requires courteous communication, dependable attendance, safe work practices, and adherence to hygiene standards.

Requirements

Ability to read, understand, and follow directions, recipes, and work assignments.
Willingness to perform routine, repetitive tasks with frequent interruptions.
Numerical ability for customer transactions where applicable, recipe preparation, and accurately measuring ingredients or cleaning agents and chemicals.
Good motor coordination and manual dexterity for food preparation and serving customers.
Ability and willingness to work flexible hours.
Patience toward guests, staff, patients, and family members.
Good interpersonal skills.
Ability to move and manipulate food products, dietary supplies, and equipment throughout the facility.
Ability to meet schedule requirements, including attendance and punctuality, without restrictions.
Ability to perform the listed physical activities: occasionally lift and carry up to 20 lbs; stand and walk constantly; and occasionally kneel, stoop, bend, push, or pull.
Ability to read, write, reason, talk, and use a keyboard.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
One year of related experience and/or training in food production or service, or one year of related customer-service experience and/or training.

Responsibilities

Operate café stations, including salad bars, deli stations, action stations, beverage areas, or hot bars, as applicable.
Prepare beverages and food items according to recipes.
Help prepare all areas of the café, including basic food preparation such as cutting, cooking, and presentation.
Wash and store dishes.
Follow applicable federal and state long-term-care regulations and Dietary Department policies and procedures.
Follow cleaning schedules and perform cleaning duties as scheduled.
Practice safety, infection-control, and emergency procedures according to facility policies.
Assist with receiving and storing food and supplies as needed.
Communicate courteously and cooperatively with guests, team members, clinical support personnel, and client personnel.
Perform work correctly and safely, follow rules of conduct, and meet attendance and punctuality requirements.
Practice safety principles, including universal precautions, fire and disaster procedures, MSDS, and CQI; use required safety equipment and know where MSDS information is located.
Maintain personal hygiene and a neat appearance, including proper handwashing, compliance with the hospital no-smoking policy, and wearing a hairnet or hat in food-production areas.