Food Service Aide Full Time 37.5 hours and EOW
About The Position
The Food Service Aide performs routine tasks that support patient food services, including assembling and delivering patient meals and nourishments, preparing serving stations, handling food carts, washing dishes, and cleaning and sanitizing food-service areas and equipment. The position requires following daily assignments, production sheets, verbal instructions, and food safety and sanitation procedures. The aide must be dependable, complete assigned tasks accurately and on time, show initiative, assist coworkers, and be willing to work during staffing shortages. The aide may be floated or reassigned to another department, unit, office, or location as needed.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED is desired but not required.
- Food handling experience preferred.
- Follow safety and sanitation rules.
- Complete assigned tasks correctly and within the specified time frame.
- Meet attendance and punctuality expectations and be willing to work during staffing shortages.
- Be willing to float or be reassigned to another department, unit, office, or location as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Food handling experience.
- High school diploma or GED.
Responsibilities
- Assemble cold food items for patient trays according to production sheets and verbal instructions, and clean and sanitize the work area after assembly.
- Transport assembled cold food items to the serving area and set up cold and hot serving stations with utensils, condiments, china, and silverware.
- Inspect flatware, china, and trays for cleanliness, chips, or stains, and remove items unsuitable for use.
- Assemble patient trays from color-coded menus while rotating among tray-line stations and loading trays.
- Assess food quality and temperatures during serving and tray assembly.
- Assemble and deliver patient trays and specified food items to patient rooms and nursing units throughout the day.
- Cover and refrigerate leftover food after tray assembly, and clean and sanitize equipment and work areas using proper procedures.
- Remove trays and trash from returned food carts, sort and process items for the dishwasher, recycle where appropriate, and clean and sanitize food trucks.
- Put away cleaned items and clean and organize coolers, storage areas, work tables, shelves, and drawers.
- Operate the dishwasher as needed or assigned.
- Prepare and deliver daily mid-morning and mid-afternoon nourishments and fill bulk daily nourishment requests for patient units.
- Follow directions, complete assigned tasks correctly and within the required time, comply with safety and sanitation rules, and maintain acceptable attendance and punctuality.
- Take breaks only after own and team work is complete, and agree to work when asked during staffing shortages.
- Initiate routine tasks without reminders, identify and address potential problems, assist others when needed, and recommend improvements.
- Perform other assigned duties and be willing to float or be reassigned as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
