Cashier / Nutrition Service Asst

UPMCAltoona, PA
Onsite

About The Position

This role involves preparing and portioning cold food items such as salads, desserts, and beverages for patients and employees. It also includes setting up and serving hot and cold food in the patient line and cafeteria, cleaning the cold food area and equipment, operating a cash register, preparing receipts, and assisting in training new cashiers.

Requirements

  • High school graduate with courses in business mathematics and cash handling skills.
  • At least six months of previous cashier experience.
  • Act 34

Responsibilities

  • Correctly cleans, prepares, and mixes ingredients for all cold foods.
  • Portion cold food items correctly, utilizing the correct scoop and serving size.
  • Cuts cakes evenly.
  • Follows proper rotation, using the oldest dates first.
  • Accurately follows the production sheet and records any changes in amounts prepared.
  • Correctly records unused items after the patient line.
  • Prepares, delivers, and/or sets up and serves all food items required for special functions and coffee breaks.
  • Sets up cafeteria serving areas and salad bar with all required foods and beverages, utensils, and other supplies.
  • Appropriately stores desserts after the cold food setup is complete.
  • When assigned to the cafeteria, sets up the hot food side and cold food side correctly for service.
  • Serves hot and cold foods as requested and according to the portion control list.
  • Serves customers promptly.
  • Resupplies salad bar, condiments, and crackers, soda, milk, juices, etc., as needed.
  • Prepares supplemental feedings accurately for patients as specified on the supplemental feeding list.
  • Maintains work area, including equipment (mobile workstations and milk coolers), in a sanitary and orderly condition at all times.
  • Cleans equipment, tables, and utensils after use and stores them in the proper area.
  • Sanitizes food prep surfaces.
  • Completes additional cleaning as assigned.
  • Observes and follows proper food handling procedures (established by the F.D.A) from preparation to storage of leftovers, to include, but not limited to, maintaining food temperatures below 41 F and rapid cooling techniques.
  • Proper use of gloves.
  • Tear down food carts.
  • Rinse and rack items.
  • Soaks all flatware.
  • Operates, loads, and cleans dishmachine.
  • Refill soap and rinse additives in dishmachine.
  • Records temperatures and chemical usage.
  • Turns off dishmachine at the end of the evening.
  • Correctly cleans dishmachine.
  • Understands soaps/chemicals used daily and their proper use.
  • Inspects washed dishes and flatware for cleanliness, stains, flaws, and removes any with imperfections after referring to the supervisor.
  • Sorts and stores flatware.
  • Transports and stores dishes and flatware to cafeteria and the patient serving line.
  • Loads patient trays correctly into food carts.
  • Checks that food cart temperatures are acceptable.
  • When needed, places supply on the proper cart.
  • Places cart on lift properly.
  • Sends to correct floor.
  • Follows unit up procedure.
  • Properly boosts food carts before sending to the nursing unit.
  • Able to correctly place food carts on nursing units.
  • Correctly deals with any supplies/requisitions on carts.
  • Follows lift procedures.
  • Able to return carts to the kitchen promptly.
  • Follows the proper order of return.
  • Thoroughly cleans food carts, using proper chemicals.
  • Correctly lines up food carts when cleaned.
  • Reports all equipment malfunctions to supervisors.
  • Fills and operates the floor scrubber.
  • Uses proper pad and chemical for the kitchen and cafeteria floors.
  • Transports and disposes of waste to the compactor from the patient, cafeteria, and special functions.
  • Uses the compactor properly.
  • Correctly checks inpatient nursing units for soda and ice cream par levels.
  • Correctly assembles non-patient supplies.
  • Delivers supplies to non-patient areas.
  • Has supply sheets initialed.
  • Properly stores patient supplies in the cooler.
  • Cleans up breaks and special functions.
  • Properly documents on the special function/break sheet.
  • Appropriately stores items returned from breaks/special functions.
  • Understands the need for handling food according to sanitation regulations.
  • Properly uses Power Pal to transport food carriers to the building.
  • Must be serviced on all equipment before being authorized to use it, including electric warmers used for special functions.
  • Balances cash daily against register receipts and submits totals.
  • Operates the Suite Pointe cash register and maintains the accuracy of the machine tape data.
  • Maintains a proper amount of change and bills.
  • Responsible for getting change from the credit union.
  • Receives payments from employees and visitors for meals and makes change.
  • Records charges for no-cash meals.
  • Assists with keeping cafeteria areas clean, sanitary, and free from clutter.
  • Refills soda/water coolers on Sundays; does cleaning assignments on Wednesdays.
  • Makes coffee.
  • Assists in compiling figures for cafeteria meal counts and deposits.
  • Forwards to the manager/supervisor on duty.
  • Totals of vending rebates made by the Security Department for losses on vending machines.
  • Submits totals to Nutrition Services Secretary for reimbursement.
  • Conducts final check of cafeteria trays for proper portion sizes and eye appeal.
  • Reports discrepancies to CDM or Food Service Supervisor.
  • Cleans tables, chairs, and microwaves and runs the sweeper.
  • Pulls dining room garbage in the afternoon and nightly.
  • Keeps menu boards up to date.
  • Must be able to operate an adding machine and a Suite Pointe cash register.
  • Provides customer service and support.
  • Other duties as assigned.
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