Food Service Assistant

UNC Health Care; Hendersonville (NC); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Pardee UNC Health Care in North Carolina is seeking a full-time Dietary Aide to assist with preparing and serving meals and maintaining a clean kitchen and patient dining areas. You will help with tray preparation, deliveries, and ensuring accuracy and sanitation.

No prior experience or licensure required; on-site role with 40 hours per week and a variable schedule, supporting quality patient nutrition across shifts.

Qualifications

• No licensure or certification required.
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assists with dirty food tray removal from nursing units.
• Assists with early and late food tray deliveries in a timely manner.
• Assists with tray preparation/delivery and ensures tray accuracy and compliance with dietary restrictions and customer service.
• Assists with tray preparation during meal service hours.
• Cleans and sanitizes kitchen equipment, utensils and work areas, including dish room; washes dishes manually or by machine.
• Delivers food trays or nourishments to patient rooms or nursing units.
• Maintains compliance with JCAHO, State Health Department, and OSHA health standards and ongoing job training.
• Transfers food in kitchen and on patient trays using proper protocol (hair restraint, gloves, covered).

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary:
This position assists higher-level personnel in preparing and serving food, and maintaining a clean work area Work is reviewed for adherence to sanitary standards and completion of assignments.

Responsibilities:

• 1. Assists with dirty food tray removal from nursing units.
• 2. Assists with early and late food tray deliveries in a timely manner
• 3. Assists with tray preparation and/or delivery and works to ensure tray accuracy, adherence to special diets and customer service
• 4. Assists with tray preparation during meal service hours.
• 5. Clean and sanitize kitchen equipment, utensils and work areas, including dish room. Washes dishes by hand or by machine.
• 6. Delivers food trays or nourishments to patient's rooms or nursing units.
• 7. Maintains compliance with JCAHO, State Health Department, and OSHA regarding on-going required job training and health standards,
• 8. Transfers food in kitchen and on patient trays in a timely manner and using proper protocol (wears hair restraint, gloves, and properly covers food to prevent contamination).

Other information:

Education Requirements:

• * None required as long as other position qualifications are met

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• * No licensure or certification required.

Professional Experience Requirements:

• * No prior experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: Pardee - HCHC

Entity: Pardee UNC Health Care

Organization Unit: Dietary Services

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: PARDEEHOSP

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.