Food Service Worker

Brown Medicine•Cranston, RI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Perform routine food service tasks and manual work under immediate supervision in a food production and/or patient services area. Duties include operating food service equipment, delivering and retrieving patient meal trays, transporting supplies to patient units, and cleaning food service areas. The position works at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. The schedule is five nights a week, including every other weekend and every other holiday, from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. Brown University Health employees are expected to model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, and demonstrate the core Success Factors: Instill Trust and Value Differences; Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate.

Requirements

Ability to read English and follow oral or written instructions.
At least one year of previous food service or customer service experience.
Ability to perform moderately heavy lifting of 20–40 pounds and prolonged standing, walking, or frequent physical movements.
Ability to communicate effectively using speech, sight, and hearing, including through printed tickets, phone, in-person communication, and fax.

Nice To Haves

High school degree or equivalent preferred.
Food Safety Manager or Serv-Safe certification highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Assist with preparing foods such as meats, vegetables, baked goods, and desserts; prepare beverages, salads, dressings, sandwiches, and cold plates.
Operate food service equipment, including slicers, mixers, vertical cutters, choppers, Robot Coupe, blenders, dish machines, and other vegetable, bakery, cleaning, and meat-processing equipment.
Transport food and supplies, move carts and trucks to designated areas, deliver meal trays to patients following proper procedures, and replenish food, supplies, and equipment as required.
Ensure food is kept at proper temperatures in steam tables, refrigerators, and cold tables; read orders and serve proper portions.
Remove, cover, wrap, label, date, store, rotate, and discard food and condiments according to policy and direction.
Clean assigned areas using proper sanitary procedures and sweep and mop floors as assigned or needed.
Clean soiled dishes; sort refuse into garbage containers or compost totes; and load soiled dishes onto conveyors, racks, and carts.
Set up and operate dish machines to clean dishes, trays, silverware, mugs, bowls, pots, pans, utensils, and equipment; remove labels and stickers before washing and inspect cleaned items.
Maintain adequate stock and supplies in the assigned area; unload incoming supplies and equipment and stock them according to procedure.
Perform other duties as assigned.