Cafe Worker - PRN

Northeast Georgia Medical Center•Gainesville, GA

About The Position

The Café Worker supports café operations, including stations such as the salad bar, deli, action stations, beverage areas, and hot bars. The role requires the ability to read, understand, and follow directions, recipes, and work assignments; perform routine and repetitive tasks despite frequent interruptions; and use numerical skills for customer transactions, recipe preparation, and measuring ingredients or cleaning agents. Good motor coordination and manual dexterity are needed to prepare food and serve customers. The Café Worker must be willing to work flexible hours and remain patient toward guests, staff, patients, and family members. The position prepares beverages and food items according to recipes, assists with café preparation, completes basic food preparation, washes and stores dishes, and performs scheduled cleaning. The worker follows applicable regulations and departmental procedures, practices safety and infection-control procedures, assists with receiving and storing supplies, and communicates courteously with guests and team members. Maintaining personal hygiene, a neat appearance, dependable attendance, and safe work practices is expected.

Requirements

Ability to read, understand, and follow directions, recipes, and work assignments.
Ability to perform routine, repetitive tasks with frequent interruptions.
Numerical ability for customer transactions, recipe preparation, and measuring ingredients or cleaning agents.
Good motor coordination and manual dexterity for food preparation and serving customers.
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 prepare beverages and food items according to recipes.
Dependable attendance and punctuality, with ability to meet schedule requirements.
Ability to meet the listed physical demands, including lifting and carrying up to 20 pounds occasionally and standing or walking constantly.

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

Maintain a neat, clean, and well-groomed appearance.
Prepare beverages and food items according to recipes.
Help prepare all areas of the café.
Complete basic food preparation, including cutting, cooking, and presentation.
Wash and store dishes.
Follow 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 in 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 schedule requirements for attendance and punctuality.
Apply training in universal precautions, fire and disaster procedures, safety, MSDS, CQI, and related topics.
Use appropriate safety equipment and follow safety rules.
Know where MSDS information is located.
Follow departmental personal-hygiene requirements, including proper hand washing, the hospital no-smoking policy, and wearing a hairnet or hat in food production areas.