Food Service Worker

CentraState Healthcare System • Freehold Township, NJ

9d • $16 - $26

About The Position

Monmouth Crossing, part of the CentraState Healthcare System, is an award-winning assisted living facility. The Food Service Worker prepares and serves food and cleans and maintains assigned areas. The role provides dining service to residents, supports meal and event preparation, maintains sanitation, and coordinates with nursing and kitchen staff to address residents’ dietary needs and meal preferences.

Requirements

• Basic command of English (speaking, reading, and writing).
• Basic math skills to perform duties, understand and follow instructions, and support dietary restrictions and safety.
• Strong professional, organizational, and interpersonal skills to relate effectively with healthcare team members and customers.
• Ability to adapt to circumstances and make decisions quickly to resolve issues.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Previous short-order cooking experience.
• Two years of culinary school or training.

Responsibilities

• Keep the work area and equipment clean and sanitary.
• Set up the assigned area and maintain adequate supplies during the shift.
• Present and garnish food attractively.
• Prepare food and beverages for meals and catered events as assigned.
• Record resident attendance at every meal.
• Follow scheduled utility-cleaning guidelines and adhere to state sanitation codes and regulations.
• Document dish machine temperatures according to department policy.
• Serve as wait staff in the main dining room for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and at private family dining room events.
• Run food to dining room tables.
• Assist with employee events and special-occasion meal service.
• Assist with food preparation, including pre-plating items such as salads and desserts.
• Provide quality customer service and appropriately respond to residents’ behaviors and disorders.
• Greet residents, take on-demand orders from the à la carte menu, and relay orders to cooks using a guest-check-style system.
• Set up and serve chafing dishes and meat-carving stations for dinner, and maintain live-action stations twice a week.
• Prepare salad ingredients according to residents’ food preferences.
• Track residents’ guest meals and purchases and report charges for billing.
• Coordinate with nursing to monitor food intake for residents showing signs of weight loss and report findings to the nursing department.
• Apply knowledge of special diets and ensure dietary restrictions are followed.
• Take inventory of dry-stock items and report ordering needs to the Dining Manager.
• Restock items when deliveries arrive.
• Between meal services, mop kitchen floors, vacuum dining room carpeting, remove garbage, wash dishes, clean refrigerators and freezers, change table linens after each use, and clean kitchen shelving and cabinetry.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage for team members working 30 hours per week or above.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Long-term disability, with options to supplement.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
• 401(a) retirement plan with employer contribution.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Well-being rewards.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Fertility coverage and Healthy Pregnancy Program.
• Flexible spending and commuter accounts.
• Pet, home, auto, identity theft, and legal insurance.
• Growth opportunities and workforce development initiatives.
• Continuing education and onsite training.
• Concierge services with work and family benefits.
• Work/life balance initiatives.
• Career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed