Food Service Assistant

West Tennessee Healthcare; Paris (TN); On-site; USD 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

West Tennessee Healthcare’s Henry County Hospital in Paris, TN seeks a Food Service Assistant for patient meal support, tray assembly, and a clean serving area. This part-time role operates under supervision on a scheduled shift five days a week.

Requirements include a High School diploma or GED and 6–12 months of health care food service experience preferred. The health system emphasizes safety, vaccination guidelines, and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Six months to one year of experience in Health Care food service or related field preferred.
• High School diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

• Serves and replenishes food from counters and steam tables, and breaks down stations at the end of meal periods.
• Cleans and sanitizes workstations, counters, steam tables and other equipment.
• Performs dish room activities for ware washing, meeting timelines and regulatory requirements.
• Delivers food carts to nursing floors at each meal for distribution.
• Picks up trays from patient rooms following each meal bringing, returning carts to Food and Nutrition Service.
• Receives, sorts, washes, racks, shelves china and glassware and performs another cleaning as required.
• Properly stores, labels and dates food according to hospital safety and sanitation guidelines with 100% accuracy.

Skills

Healthcare food service experience

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Food Service Assistant### Food Service AssistantApply: Henry County Hospital: Part time: Posted Yesterday: R-202617845Category:Support ServicesCity:ParisState:TennesseeShift:Other Shift (United States of America)**Job Description Summary:**Responsible for assembly of patient trays, setting up and maintaining serving line and area, and keeping tray line area in a clean and orderly condition. Under the direct supervision of the Patient Service Managers, responsible for an assigned shift, five days per week.## **ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:*** Serves and replenishes food from counters and steam tables, and breaks down stations at the end of meal periods.* Cleans and sanitizes workstations, counters, steam tables and other equipment.* Performs dish room activities for ware washing, meeting timelines and regulatory requirements.* Delivers food carts to nursing floors at each meal for distribution.* Picks up trays from patient rooms following each meal bringing, returning carts to Food and Nutrition Service.* Receives, sorts, washes, racks, shelves china and glassware and performs another cleaning as required.* Properly stores, labels and dates food according to hospital safety and sanitation guidelines with 100% accuracy.* Performs related responsibilities as required or directed.## **JOB SPECIFICATIONS:****EDUCATION:*** High School diploma or GED required.**LICENSURE, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION:*** None**EXPERIENCE:*** Six months to one year of experience in Health Care food service or related field preferred**NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE STATEMENT** We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.### Join West Tennessee’s Most Trusted Health Care Team!West Tennessee Healthcare complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered a position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to follow West Tennessee Healthcare’s accommodation precautions to mitigate the spread of illness.