FOOD SERVICE WORKER | FOOD & NUTRITION | PER DIEM SHIFTS (23610)

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center • Paramus, NJ

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is hiring a Food Service Worker for per diem shifts in its Food & Nutrition department. The role supports food service operations across patient floors, the cafeteria, and kitchens, including preparing and delivering food, maintaining clean work areas and equipment, and following departmental, safety, environmental, infection-control, and customer-service standards. The position involves exposure to heat, wetness, odors, steam, electricity, and sharp kitchen equipment, as well as moderate physical effort, frequent prolonged standing and walking, and lifting and pushing carts.

Requirements

• Speak, read, and write English to the extent required by the position.
• The role requires moderate physical effort, including lifting light to heavy objects and pushing carts, and frequent prolonged standing and walking.
• Ability to work in settings including patient floors, cafeteria, and kitchens, with exposure to heat, wetness, odors, steam, electricity, and sharp knives and cutting equipment.

Nice To Haves

• Six months of previous food service experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assemble prepared food on trays for general and therapeutic diets.
• Prepare special therapeutic nourishments and snacks, including slicing fruit and mixing pre-packaged liquid nourishments.
• Keep the tray line clean, neat, and orderly.
• Deliver food trucks to patient floors as specified and return them to the dish room at designated times.
• Tend and load dish machines in patient and employee dish rooms; hand-wash certain items such as pots and pans when needed.
• Deliver clean dishes and utensils to the appropriate kitchen unit.
• Clean and sanitize work areas, walk-in storage areas, and refrigerators.
• Clean and sanitize equipment, disassembling and reassembling it as required; mop floors and perform special cleaning duties assigned by a supervisor.
• Transport food and supplies in bulk between locations.
• Collect, process, and dispose of trash and garbage as needed and directed.
• Maintain departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
• Provide timely, professional, caring, and respectful customer service, demonstrating flexibility, knowledge, confidence, patience, and helpfulness.
• Understand and adhere to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct and become familiar with its Mission, Vision, and Values Statements.
• Serve food in settings such as patient rooms, patient dining rooms, the cafeteria, and catered functions as needed.
• Maintain simple tallies and logs, such as delivery times and food temperatures on delivery, as required.
• Participate in educational programs and in-service meetings.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Generous time off policy including vacation days, personal time, sick leave, and nine paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Continuing education programs.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed