Food Service Assistant
About The Position
Performs daily kitchen and cafeteria duties to maintain a safe, clean, and sanitary environment while providing quality service to patients, residents, customers, and partners. Prepares and assembles food, delivers and retrieves patient meal trays, operates and sanitizes kitchen equipment, washes dishes, pots, and pans, and replenishes supplies. Maintains clean work areas and performs cashier duties as needed. The role works in a fast-paced environment and requires flexibility to work alternate shifts, weekends, holidays, overtime, and assigned areas based on department and system needs. The schedule is varied. A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred. The pay range is $16.56–$24.01.
Requirements
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Flexibility to work alternate shifts, weekends, holidays, overtime, and assigned areas based on department and system needs.
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or equivalent.
Responsibilities
- Read patient tray ticket orders and place items on trays.
- Deliver and serve patient trays, snacks, and supplements, and assist patients with opening items.
- Collect patient trays from rooms, stack dirty dishes on carts, and return carts to the kitchen.
- Operate the dish machine.
- Perform daily and weekly cleaning tasks.
- Wash and sanitize dishes, pots and pans, and kitchen equipment.
- Filter hot oil with a mesh strainer and/or change oil in fryers as needed.
- Serve cafeteria customers.
- Operate the cash register.
- Portion food items as directed.
- Replenish stock and rotate supplies properly.
- Take and record food temperatures and equipment temperatures.
- Clean and sanitize work areas, tables, and cabinets.
- Collect and place garbage and trash in designated containers.
- Follow scripting when delivering patient trays.
- Adhere to department safety and sanitation regulations.
- Use protective barriers, including gloves, an apron, and proper hair coverings.
- Provide excellent customer service when delivering patient trays.
Benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Time off
- On-demand pay
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Competitive pay
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
