SEIU Food Service Worker
About The Position
As a community, the University of Rochester is defined by a deep commitment to Meliora - Ever Better. Embedded in that ideal are the values we share: equity, leadership, integrity, openness, respect, and accountability. Together, we will set the highest standards for how we treat each other to ensure our community is welcoming to all and is a place where all can thrive. This position is for a Food Service Worker in the Food & Nutrition Services Cafeteria department. The role involves exercising courtesy, setting up, serving, and cleaning food service areas, preparing orders, and maintaining sanitation standards. The University of Rochester is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming culture and does not discriminate based on protected characteristics.
Requirements
- Ability to read and write English.
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Responsibilities
- Exercising courtesy in contacts with patients, customers and department staff.
- Setting up, serving and cleaning up food service area.
- Preparing orders, such as soda fountain dishes, desserts, etc., as directed.
- Maintaining prescribed standards of sanitation, housekeeping and safety in assigned work area.
- Setting up food for serving, serving food according to prescribed manner, cleaning utensils and equipment before, during and after serving.
- Checking completed tray before delivery to patients.
- Performing limited food preparation or final processing of simple salads, desserts, vegetables, etc., by cutting up items of food, dishing out portions, wrapping, labeling and rotating food.
- Setting up, maintaining and cleaning beverage containers including coffee, iced tea, hot chocolate, cream, juice and ice dispensers, and related equipment.
- Setting up condiment areas, salad, dessert and hot food counters; maintaining adequate supply; and keeping area clean.
- Storing condiments and left-overs in a sanitary manner.
- Checking need for replacement of deleted or shortage of items and notifying proper personnel.
- Washing and sanitizing dining room tables and chairs, cleaning ash trays and maintaining adequate supply of salt and pepper shakers.
- Setting up patient trays.
- Pulling and/or pushing food transporters as necessary in assigned work area.
- Maintaining proper housekeeping, sanitation and safety standards in work area, including washing of table service implements, serving and preparation utensils, and food transporters.
- Reporting defective equipment to the immediate supervisor.
- Occasionally acting as fill-in cashier, handling cash and making change.
- Performing other food service duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
