Food Service Worker - Hospital

General Information:

Job title:

Food Service Worker Schedule:

Full-time, 80 hours per pay period; 5:00am - 1:30pm Weekend rotation: Every other weekend Holiday rotation: Holiday rotation required

Position Summary:

The Food Service Worker position helps prepare and serve nutritious and appetizing meals, drinks, snacks, and desserts to provide a healthy and positive dining experience to residents and their guests. The role performs routine food service tasks under general supervision or instructions in a food production and/or customer service area and washes and cleans equipment as assigned.

Position Responsibilities:

Transports food or supplies to serving areas; ensures that areas are properly set up; assembles and replenishes food, supplies, and equipment as required; ensures proper temperature of food in steam tables and correct counter display; stock halls, takes orders, portions, and serves food to customers; records portions served according to procedure; removes, covers, wraps, labels, stores, rotates, and discards food and condiments as directed. Clears soiled dishes and refuse from trays; scrapes refuse into garbage containers; loads trays and soiled dishes on conveyers, racks, and carts; removes and disposes of trash; sets up and operates dishwasher. Cleans assigned area following proper sanitary procedures, to include equipment, counters, work and dining tables, chairs, refrigerators, utensils, and dispensers; sweeps and mops floors. Ensures all supplies, materials, and equipment are available in assigned work areas for proper performance of duties; maintains replenishment as necessary; prepares supplies and materials as required; reports equipment malfunctions; reports need to repair equipment, furniture, building, and fixtures. Perform other duties as requested.

Position Requirements:

High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Six months of food service preferred. Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Ability to read and follow instructions. Understanding of proper sanitation procedures. Ability to operate various cooking equipment (and meet state age requirement for operating equipment as warranted). Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication skills.