Food Service Worker II, Rotating Shifts, Food & Nutrition Services

Adventist HealthCare • Rockville, MD

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Shady Grove Medical Center seeks to hire an experienced Food Service Worker II for our Nutrition Services department who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing. As a Food Service Worker II, you will prepare food items for the cafeteria for general and therapeutic diets, work collaboratively with peers, visitors, patients, management team, and other hospital staff, and perform job duties 100% every day, every shift for optimal productivity. You will also perform sanitation duties in the dish room, assemble prepared foods on trays with accuracy, and ensure food products are produced in a timely manner under appropriate food safety guidelines. As needed, you will prepare food on time by following standardized recipes 100% of the time at the correct temperature and accurately document time and temperature. You will maintain sanitation for area utilization and be responsible for HAACP and food safety. Communication with your direct supervisor is key to ensure superior outcomes are met on a daily basis. You will attend in-service training to obtain knowledge of menus/food and physical safety, departmental meetings, department training, and complete mandatory Learning & Performance Suite training. You will respect cultural, ethnic, and religious food preferences, and be a good steward of AHC’s resources by not wasting time or materials. You will also respect customers, peers, and supervisory staff.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Strong customer service skills
• Able to handle a multitask environment
• Must be able to read and speak in English

Nice To Haves

• Food Handlers Certification helpful
• 1-2 years of hospital food service experience helpful

Responsibilities

• Prepare food items for the cafeteria for general and therapeutic diets.
• Works collaboratively with peers, visitors, patients, management team, and other hospital staff.
• Perform job duties 100% every day, every shift for optimal productivity.
• Perform sanitation duties as assigned in dish room.
• Assemble prepared foods on trays with accuracy.
• Ensure food products are produced in a timely manner under appropriate food safety guidelines.
• As needed, prepare food on time by following standardized recipes 100% of the time at the correct temperature and accurately document time and temperature.
• Maintain sanitation for area utilization.
• Responsible for HAACP and food safety.
• Communicate proactively to direct supervisor to ensure superior outcomes are met on a daily basis.
• Attend in-service training to obtain knowledge of menus/food and physical safety.
• Attends departmental meetings, department training and completes mandatory Learning & Performance Suite training.
• Respects cultural, ethnic, and religious food preferences.
• Be a good steward of AHC’s resources by not wasting time or materials.
• Respects customers, peers and supervisory staff.

Benefits

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Free Employee parking
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
• Paid Time Off
• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED