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Geisinger; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500

Healthcare benefits from day one

Vision and dental coverage

Job summary

Geisinger Community Medical Center is seeking a Food Service Associate to prepare meals for patients, staff and visitors. You will follow standardized recipes, ensure proper labeling, and maintain safety and sanitation standards in daily production.

This role requires at least 2 years in food service, a high school diploma (preferred), and entails weekend/holiday rotation. Sign-on bonus up to $2,500 and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication with patients, staff and visitors.
• Food safety and sanitation knowledge.
• Ability to follow standardized recipes and production methods.

Responsibilities

• Prepares breakfast, lunch and dinner foods using standardized recipes and methods of preparation.
• Documents preparation and usage of food according to established standards.
• Maintains quality, safety, and sanitation standards, wrapping, labeling and storage of items.
• Reads patient meal tickets, identifiers, recipes, ingredients, labels and dating.
• Work is typically performed in an office environment.
• Complies with organization policies and procedures.

Skills

Communication

Food And Nutrition Services

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Location & Working Hours

Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC)
Shift: Rotation (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Worker Type: Regular
Exemption Status: No

Job Summary

Prepares food for patients, employees, visitors and special functions. Maintains a customer service approach at all times when fulfilling responsibilities.

Job Duties

• Prepares breakfast, lunch and dinner foods using standardized recipes and methods of preparation.
• Documents preparation and usage of food according to established standards.
• Maintains all quality, safety, and sanitation standards making sure all items are wrapped and stored and labeled properly during all phases of production.
• Read and interpret patient meal tickets, read and confirm patient identifiers, recipes, ingredients, labels and dating.
• Work is typically performed in an office environment.
• Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures.

Position Details

• New Hires are eligible for a Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500!
• Weekend and holiday rotation required.
• Prior experience preferred.

Education

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Preferred)

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years - Food Service (Preferred)

Certification(s) and License(s)

None specified.

Skills

• Communication
• Food And Nutrition Services

Benefits

• We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.
• Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500.

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
• We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Additional Information

Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes nine hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,600 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually.

For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

* Does not qualify for J-1 waiver.

We are an Afffirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.