Food Service Worker II – Food and Nutrition Services (Full-Time/Days)

Texas Health•Rockwall, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Food Service Worker II – Food and Nutrition Services (Full-Time/Days) at Texas Health Rockwall. This role is part of the Food and Nutrition Services Department, which is a fast-paced, high-volume department with a diverse and inclusive team focused on exceptional patient care. The department emphasizes producing high-quality, aesthetically pleasing, and delicious food items through creativity and training. Texas Health aims to improve the health of the community and foster a supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent required
FHC - Food Handlers Certificate 30 Days required
Ability to learn HACCP sanitation guidelines and follow for safe food handling.
Ability to follow/learn OSHA safety guidelines.

Nice To Haves

1-2 years of previous Food Service experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Serves food on the cafeteria and patient tray lines, utilizing good customer skills when serving patrons.
Assembles, delivers, and retrieves patient trays.
Documents food delivery times and food tallies; performs other simple record keeping, i.e. temperature checks on equipment and food.
Reports variances from standards to supervisor.
Performs simple food assembly such as preparing salads, portioning and garnishing foods according to instruction.
Cleans and sanitizes equipment, wares, walls, and floors routinely.
Washes and sanitizes dishes, pots and pans as well as all cooking utensils and cooking equipment, according to department standards and procedures.
Labels and dates foods according to HACCP standards.
Knows and performs proper procedure for taking and recording temperatures of food items, both raw and cooked and refrigerated units.
Demonstrates and performs procedures when temperatures are inadequate according to standards.
Understands and utilizes the FIFO system of food production.
Collects and delivers floor stock utilizing FIFO, delivers between meal nourishments and late trays according to departmental standards.
Maintains assigned areas and equipment in a safe, clean, neat, and orderly manner to meet/exceed both department and TDH sanitation standards in both department sanitation and personal hygiene.
Disposes of trash and garbage according to standards and procedures.
Follows clean as you go as well as proper hand hygiene.