Food Service Associate - Abington Jefferson - Part TIme, Varying Shifts, Weekend Work Required

Jefferson Health Plans•Abington, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Supervisor of Food Service and with guidance and input from the Lead Food Service Associate, the Food Service Associate is responsible for patient meal and food service to ensure patient satisfaction. Patients may range from infancy through late adulthood. This role involves setting up and stocking assigned stations prior to the start of service and for the next meal to facilitate meal service and ensure efficiency. The associate may retrieve patient meal trays to ensure sanitary, safe, and timely patient meal service. They will maintain appropriate floor stock according to par levels and record usage accordingly, handle food according to proper sanitary and safety guidelines, and follow food service handling methods according to policies and procedures. Ensuring all food is prepared using recipes to provide consistent, safe, nutritionally appropriate, tasty meals that are cost and budget compliant is also a key responsibility. The role requires compliance with current CDC hand hygiene guidelines. Additionally, the associate may prepare or serve hot or cold beverages, such as coffee, espresso drinks, blended coffees, or teas, and serve prepared foods, such as muffins, biscotti, or bagels. Storing leftovers appropriately and utilizing them in subsequent days/menus to ensure they are served within the timeframe is important. The associate may package, label, and date hot food items for patient service and cafeteria operations according to established cook and chill guidelines, and properly vacuum pack all food products as required. They may be utilized in multiple areas of need and cross-trained for various duties such as tray line, storeroom, and food preparation areas. Support for the dish room or pot area to ensure proper cleaning and sanitizing of equipment in accordance with department standards may also be required. Maintaining proper care and safe storage of food, equipment, and the surrounding area, and completing daily and special cleaning assignments to provide a sanitary and safe environment are also part of the role. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Patients may range from infancy through late adulthood.
Complies with current CDC hand hygiene guidelines.

Nice To Haves

May retrieve patient meal trays to ensure sanitary, safe and timely patient meal service.
May prepare or serve hot or cold beverages, such as coffee, espresso drinks, blended coffees, or teas. Serves prepared foods, such as muffins, biscotti, or bagels.
May package, label, and date hot food items for patient service and cafeteria operations according to established cook and chill guidelines. Properly vacuum packs all food products, as required.
May be utilized in multiple areas of need, therefore may be cross-trained to conduct many different duties such as, but not limited to tray line, storeroom, and food preparation areas.
May work in dish room or pot area to support proper cleaning and sanitizing of equipment in accordance with department standards.

Responsibilities

Sets up and stocks assigned station prior to the start of service and for next meal to facilitate meal service and ensure efficiency.
May retrieve patient meal trays to ensure sanitary, safe and timely patient meal service.
Maintains appropriate floor stock according par levels and records usage accordingly.
Handles food according to proper sanitary and safety guidelines. Follows food service handling methods according to policies and procedures.
Ensures all food is prepared using recipes in order to provide consistent, safe, nutritionally appropriate, tasty meals that are cost and budget compliant.
Complies with current CDC hand hygiene guidelines.
May prepare or serve hot or cold beverages, such as coffee, espresso drinks, blended coffees, or teas. Serves prepared foods, such as muffins, biscotti, or bagels.
Stores leftovers appropriately and utilized same in subsequent day/menu in order to ensure that they are served within timeframe.
May package, label, and date hot food items for patient service and cafeteria operations according to established cook and chill guidelines. Properly vacuum packs all food products, as required.
May be utilized in multiple areas of need, therefore may be cross-trained to conduct many different duties such as, but not limited to tray line, storeroom, and food preparation areas.
May work in dish room or pot area to support proper cleaning and sanitizing of equipment in accordance with department standards.
Maintains proper care and safe storage of food, equipment, and surrounding area.
Completes daily and special cleaning assignments to provide a sanitary and safe environment.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

medical (including prescription)
supplemental insurance
dental
vision
life and AD&D insurance
short- and long-term disability
flexible spending accounts
retirement plans
tuition assistance
voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.