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Geisinger; Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Geisinger is seeking a Food Service Associate to prepare meals for patients, staff, visitors, and special events. You will follow standardized recipes, read patient meal tickets, and ensure proper labeling and dating.

Work is in a hospital setting with weekend and holiday rotation; prior food prep or serving experience is preferred. A High School Diploma or GED is preferred. A sign-on bonus up to $2,500 is offered for new hires.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED; preferred
• Prior experience in food prep, serving or cleaning is preferred
• Must be able to read patient meal tickets and identifiers

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; wraps, stores and labels items during production.
• Reads and confirms patient identifiers, recipes, ingredients, labels and dating.

Skills

Food prep

Customer service

Safety & sanitation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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

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. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details

• New Hires are eligible for a Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500!
• Weekend and holiday rotation required.
• Prior experience preferred (food prep, serving, cleaning, customer service).

Experience

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

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. 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, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.