Retail - Food Service Associate

The University of Kansas Health System•Kansas City, KS

15d

About The Position

The Food Service Associate position may perform one or more functions including, but not limited to, building patient meal trays; preparing fruits and vegetables; preparing and serving hot and cold food items for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (in addition to grab-and-go items); delivering patient trays to assigned areas; serving retail customers; and dishwashing activities. The Food Service Worker must be knowledgeable about food items and respond to patient and customer inquiries with the correct information. This position is open for a dishwashing position.

Requirements

High School Graduate or GED.
Read, write and speak English.
Simple math.

Nice To Haves

Prior food service experience.
Experience in a hospital or long-term care facility.

Responsibilities

Performs duties in one of the following department units: Food Production, Cafeteria (Main or Cambridge), Doctor’s Lounge, Trayline, or Support Services.
Cross-trained to perform in one or more of the units and/or stations within the primary unit.
Maintains food/product/supply quality and safety following HACCP and department standards.
Operates, monitors, and cleans any equipment used to perform job duties following directions and unit standards.
Maintains orderliness, safety, and sanitation of work and/or service area(s), according to unit standards and work station assignment.
During periods of downtime in primary unit, assists in another unit according to assignment or at request of supervisor. (Examples: portioning and wrapping patient food items, serving on the Cafeteria hot line, loading or unloading the dish machine.)
Duties according to assigned unit include (not an exhaustive list): Trayline, Support Service: Delivers and retrieves food carts for patient food service. Food Production: Test and evaluate new recipes. Food Production, Trayline, Cafeteria: Adjusts work hours to early or late to help with food production, patient meal service, or service in the Cafeteria. Dishwashing: Load and unload the dish machine.
Demonstrates competence in the areas of critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills.
Demonstrates ability to provide care/service safely and efficiently to each patient.
Assists with on-the-job training of new employees
Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.