Food and Nutrition Staff I - Cafeteria

CHRISTUS Health; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

CHRISTUS Health in Santa Fe, NM is seeking a full-time Food Service Associate to prepare and serve meals in cafeterias, assist with tray lines for patients, and deliver and sanitize food items. You will also handle cashiering duties, price items accurately, and maintain safety and sanitation standards.

The role requires English communication, attention to detail, and basic math skills for transactions, with preference for prior restaurant or institutional serving experience.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Prior restaurant, institutional, serving, or cashiering experience desirable.
• Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English.
• Demonstrates leadership and service excellence through commitment and advanced skills.
• Ability to interact with a variety of customers and demonstrate attention to detail; sanitation knowledge.
• Basic math skills for transactions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve food items for cafeteria meals according to menu plans and recipe instructions.
• Prepare patient trays on tray line according to menu and diet specifications; restock stations.
• Deliver food to special function rooms and clean up; record leftovers; ensure quality and presentation.
• Follow pricing procedures as cashier; stay accurate within $1.00 of daily transactions.
• Follow three-compartment sink procedures to clean and sanitize pots and pans; operate dishwashing machine.
• Keep work areas, serving areas, and equipment clean and stocked for next shift.
• Initiate repair requests for inoperative appliances and report safety issues to management.
• Record temperatures of foods and equipment; follow sanitation and calibration requirements.
• Communicate effectively with coworkers to ensure smooth operations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

English proficiency

Customer service

Attention to detail

Food safety knowledge

Cashier experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Summary:

Performs duties in one or more of the functional areas that may include trayline, retail, sanitation, groceries and assisting where needed for smooth operations. Duties may include preparing, displaying, setting up, cleaning, delivery, stocking of food items, trays, dishes, silverware, and cashiering. Maintains and records temperatures and quantity of food prepared, leftover and waste.

Responsibilities:

• When working in the café serving, associate prepares and serves food items for cafeteria meals according to menu plans and recipe instructions.
• When working on tray line, associate prepares patient trays on tray line according to menu and diet specifications. Prepares tray line stations for each meal, restocking silverware, china, food beverages and condiments. Verbalizes and demonstrates knowledge of therapeutic diet guidelines and restrictions. Is able to accurately assess diet/tray inaccuracies and correct them.
• When working catering, prepares and delivers food to special function meeting rooms and cleans up after meetings are finished; records leftovers. Ensures food is of excellent quality, pleasing and accurate presentation, and meeting room is set up appropriately.
• When working as cashier, associate follows correct pricing procedures, is accurate to within $1.00 of daily transactions, fosters and maintains positive customer interactions.
• Follows three compartment sink procedure to clean and sanitize pots and pans.
• Operates the dishwashing machine appropriately to clean all dishes, trays, and silverware; transports and puts away dishes to the appropriate storage areas.
• Responsible for cleaning work, serving, and eating areas and the various implements, containers, appliances, and equipment used. Ensures work area is stocked and left ready for the next shift.
• Initiates repair requests for inoperative appliances and equipment. Brings safety and equipment issues to attention of management in a timely manner.
• Records food and/or equipment temperatures in assigned area in an accurately and timely manner. Requests temp logs if needed, prior to recording times.
• Complies with soap/sanitizer/thermometers and all other cleaning and calibration requirements in area.
• Communicates effectively with co-workers to ensure seamless customer services/operations.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Education:

• High school diploma or GED preferred.

Experience:

• Prior restaurant, institutional, serving, or cashiering experience desirable.
• Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English
• Demonstrates leadership and service excellence through commitment and advanced skills
• Ability to interact with a variety of customers
• Demonstrates attention to detail
• Knowledgeable of sanitation and food safety practices
• Some functions may require good understanding of basic restrictions on patient diets; ability to perform basic math skills.

Licenses, Registrations, orCertifications

• N/A

Work Schedule:

12:30PM - 9PM

Work Type:

Full Time