Food Service Assistant

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital; Port Charlotte (FL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition assistance

401(k) match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Free counseling

Career development programs

Job summary

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital is hiring a Food Service Assistant. You will prepare and serve meals, wash and prep ingredients, and assist with tray assembly for patients and staff. This role involves operating dishwashing equipment and maintaining clean kitchen areas in a fast-paced hospital cafeteria.

No travel is required, and the team emphasizes safety, patient care, and timely meal service. The hospital offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities for growth within the organization.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced cafeteria environment.
• Commitment to safety and sanitation guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve food for visitors, staff, and patients.
• Wash, peel, shred, slice, and mix food items for cooking.
• Operate dishwasher and clean dishes, glassware and utensils.
• Clean kitchen work areas and dispose of garbage.
• Assist with food stocking and patient tray assembly per menu directives.
• Follow Standard Precautions using PPE as required.

Skills

Food preparation

Dishwashing

Food serving

Sanitation

Tools

Dishwasher operation

Kitchen equipment

Job description

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Food Service Assistant? At HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary And Qualifications

What you will do in this role:

• You will perform routine duties related to preparation and serving of food.
• You will prepare food for cooking by washing, peeling, shredding, slicing, and mixing various food items.
• You will operate dishwasher or assist with washing/sterilizing dishes, glassware, silverware, utensils, pots, pans, etc.
• You will clean kitchen work areas, collect and dispose of garbage.
• You will assist with food stocking.
• You will serve food in cafeteria for visitors and staff and in patient room.
• You will work in the dish room when needed.
• You will work on patient tray assembly line following menu directives for determining food items for each tray.
• You will follow Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

What qualifications you will need:

No Travel Required

Benefits

No experience Required Years of Experience

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital is a 237 bed acute care hospital. We serve Charlotte County. We have emergency care, an accredited cancer program, a stroke center of excellence and a chest pain center. We have an orthopedic and spine center, wound management and hyperbaric medicine. We have inpatient, outpatient and cardiovascular surgery. We have sports and rehabilitation services and outpatient programs. HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital provides community wellness programs. We have provided healthcare in Charlotte County for 40 years. Our colleagues enjoy our culture of compassion, respect and service. Over 350 area physicians work with us. We have received the America's top 100 hospital recognition. This makes us one of the best hospitals in Charlotte County. We hope you'll consider a career at HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Food Service Assistant opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.