Food Service Attendant

WVU Medicine • Uniontown, AL

2d

About The Position

The Food Service Attendant performs a wide variety of routine tasks in kitchen, stores, patient tray line, employee cafeteria, and dish and pot washing areas. The role prepares and cooks food for patients, employees, and catering functions; participates in assembling and serving meals; cleans dishes and work areas; and provides patient-service-related clerical support. The employee may also perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously.
• Efficiency in processing verbal information, in written or spoken form.
• Ability to use some independent thought, planning, or origination of options and solutions.
• Ability to apply reasoning and problem-solving principles to practical problems and deal with concrete variables where only limited standardization exists.
• Frequent walking, standing, bending, squatting, reaching, and twisting.
• Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Food service experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook foods for patients, employees, and catering functions, including measuring and mixing ingredients, adjusting thermostats, and monitoring food.
• Participate in assembling and serving patient and non-patient meals, including stocking and serving patient tray lines, taking food temperatures, and preparing and serving food in the cafeteria and at special functions.
• Clean and sanitize dishes and pots.
• Operate and maintain the cash register and ensure register skips balance.
• Set up and replenish the salad bar and maintain cafeteria cleanliness.
• Provide patient-service-related clerical duties.
• Assist in cleaning and maintaining equipment and work areas.
• Verbalize the specific ages of patients served within the hospital and apply that knowledge when necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed