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Universal Hospital Services Inc.; West Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Three Rivers Behavioral Health, a 136-bed facility in West Columbia, SC, seeks a dietary personnel to manage all aspects of dining operations. You will work five shifts weekly, with evenings and potential variations between 5am and 7:30pm, ensuring quality food service and adherence to guidelines.

Responsibilities include meal preparation to diet orders, waste minimization, attractive presentation, and precise portion control.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years’ experience in a high volume, food production setting preferred, preferably in a hospital or institution setting.
• ServSafe certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures all food is prepared in a manner to ensure the utmost in quality with the minimum of waste.
• Prepares food items in accordance with menu recipes and diet orders as well as special needs and requests.
• Attractively displays all food utilizing steam table planned layout and proper pans.
• Serves menu items observing proper portion-control sizes per diet order, special needs and special requests.

Skills

Food preparation

High-volume kitchen

Dietary guidelines

Education

ServSafe certification

Job description

Responsibilities

Three Rivers Behavioral Healthis a 136-bed treatment facility that specializes in quality behavioral health and substance abuse services for adolescents and adults. We offer a full continuum of care through an integrated system of inpatient, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. Conveniently located between I-20 (Exit 61) and I-26 (Exit 110) in West Columbia, SC, our team of 300+ high quality employees describe working here as " family atmosphere," "supportive leadership," and "life-changing." Progressive professionals in the fields of psychiatry, medicine, nursing, social services, and activity therapy serve hundreds of adults and adolescents each month with the common goal of creating new beginnings. Healthcare professionals have a unique opportunity to affect lives for the better each and every day. Choose Three Rivers and start your life-changing journey today.

JOB SUMMARY: The dietary personnel are responsible for all aspects of the dining facilities operation, employees and to ensure DHEC and dietary guidelines are being met. which includes cooking, serving and preparing foods, washing dishes and pots and pans, cleaning the kitchen and the dining room as well as monitoring, inventorying and storing of supplies, all according to DHEC guidelines.

Five shifts per week to include weekends. This position is for Evening Shift, but schedule may vary between the hours of 5am and 7:30pm as needed.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensures all food is prepared in a manner to ensure the utmost in quality with the minimum of waste.
• Prepares food items in accordance with menu recipes and diet orders as well as special needs and requests.
• Attractively displays all food utilizing steam table planned layout and proper pans.
• Serves menu items observing proper portion-control sizes per diet order, special needs and special requests.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500®corporation, annualrevenuesduring2025were $17.4billion.In 2026,UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, waslisted in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Headquarteredin King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately101,500employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services locatedin 40U.S.states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.For additional information visit www.uhs.com.

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Qualifications

Job Requirements:

Minimum of two years’ experience in a high volume, food production setting preferred, preferably in a hospital or institution setting.

ServSafe certification preferred.

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