Food Service Associate

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Winchester (MA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking a Food Service Associate to support patient meals and cafeteria service. You will prepare, assemble and serve meals, accommodating dietary restrictions and accuracy in portions.

Responsibilities include inventory, dating, safety checks, and maintaining clean, safe work areas. Weekend/holiday rotations apply; on-site roles across Boston-area facilities. Flu vaccination is required by policy.

Qualifications

• Must read, write and communicate effectively in English with patients and staff.
• Basic math skills required for transactions and inventories.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assemble food at assigned stations, respecting dietary orders.
• Serve customers and deliver meals to patient rooms as needed.
• Track inventory, receive shipments, and assist with ordering supplies.
• Maintain clean, sanitized work areas and comply with HACCP standards.
• Handle cash transactions and operate the register as required.
• Assist in meals on wheels and other kitchen duties as needed.

Skills

English literacy

Basic math

Multitasking

Cash handling

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

HACCP knowledge

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Contributes to the Hospital’s mission by supporting the efforts of the food service/dietary teams’ efforts to produce and distribute quality food to our patients and the communities we serve. This position will have an impact on patient, employee and visitor satisfaction by providing superior customer service in a clean safe environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

Job Description

Education

Preferred: High School Diploma or G.E.D.

Experience

• Prior food service experience with food preparation and assembly
• Customer service experience
• Cash handling experience.

Other Skills/Knowledge

Required

• For safety and quality reasons, must be able to read, write and communicate effectively in English with patients, visitors and fellow members of the hospital team.
• Basic math skills
• Capability of managing multiple job functions.

Preferred

• Knowledge of Food safety (HACCP) standards.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS: N/A

LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: N/A

POPULATION SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: N/A

Other Job Requirements

Professional Commitment Requirements: N/A

On-call: N/A

Schedule requirements: Weekend and Holiday rotation is required. Schedule may vary based on department needs.

Travel requirements: May be assigned to any of the food service locations.

Reporting Relationships

• Reports to the Evening or Morning Supervisor or the Supervisor of Retail Operations based on primary schedule.
• Not responsible for supervising the work of others.

Job Functions

• Prepares and assembles for customers at assigned food station.
• Assembles attractive daily menu items, accommodating diet restrictions, allergies, and ethnic preferences as noted by the dietary order.
  • Assembles menu items from recipes and standards
  • Accommodates customer requests within nutrition guidelines.
  • Anticipates the needs of the customers and operations
• Tracks and tallies inventory. Advises supervisor of inventory counts and as requested orders food and supplies for area. Receives and dates shipments for storage.
• Follows specified dating procedure for menu items and discards food items after three days or as labeled. Labels and dates opened foods.
• Maintains retail food and beverage stations according to department standards.
• Maintains a clean work area and fulfills daily cleaning assignments to ensure compliance with high sanitation standards. Handles removal of all trash for Café, kitchen or other areas.
• May serve food in cafeteria
• Delivers trays to patient rooms/areas as needed.
• Cleans and sanitizes dishware, pots and pans.
• Completes and documents daily HACCP checks, ensuring food preparation and storage comply with food safety standards. Maintains temperature control logs.
• May prepare food from basic recipes
• May assist in the assembly of Meals on Wheels

Department Specific Job Functions

• May perform cashier functions
  • Verifies cash and secures cash drawer at the register.
  • Rings customer transactions
  • Counts cash at the end of shift and verifies cash bank.
  • Complies with department standards for cash handling procedures.

Physical and Mental Requirements/Conditions

• The employee needs to have the physical and mental abilities to perform the duties of the position listed above using the WE CARE behaviors.
• It is anticipated that employee will have contact with potentially hazardous chemicals and equipment while performing their job duties.

Pay Range

$17.00 - $22.88

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled