Food Service Associate

Position Title

Food Service Associate

Bell Hospital, Cambridge Tower A

Position Summary / Career Interest :

• 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.

Responsibilities :

• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• 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.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Required :

• Read, write and speak English
• Simple math

Preferred :

• High School Diploma or GED
• Prior food service experience
• Experience in a hospital or long-term care facility

Time Type : Part time

Part time

Job Requisition ID : R-26507

R-26507

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.

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