Food Service Associate (Full-Time/Day)-Magee

Jefferson Health; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Jefferson Health as a Food Service Associate to provide quality meal service to patients. This full-time position involves various duties, including preparing and serving food, maintaining sanitary standards, and ensuring patient satisfaction. We seek a detail-oriented individual with a high school diploma and a passion for food service.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Health and retirement benefits

Paid time off

Educational benefits

Financial and mental health resources

Life and disability insurance

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or equivalent preferred.
• 6 + months previous experience in food service preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and stocks assigned station prior to the start of service.
• Handles food according to proper sanitary and safety guidelines.
• Completes daily and special cleaning assignments.

Skills

Sanitary food handling

Customer service

Food preparation

Education

High School Graduate or equivalent

Job description

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Job Details

Reporting to the Supervisor of Food Service and with guidance and input from the Lead Food Service Associate, the Food Service Associate is responsible for patient meal and food service to ensure the patient satisfaction. Patients may range from infancy through late adulthood.

Job Details

Reporting to the Supervisor of Food Service and with guidance and input from the Lead Food Service Associate, the Food Service Associate is responsible for patient meal and food service to ensure the patient satisfaction. Patients may range from infancy through late adulthood.

Job Description

• Sets up and stocks assigned station prior to the start of service and for next meal to facilitate meal service and ensure efficiency.
• May retrieve patient meal trays to ensure sanitary, safe and timely patient meal service.
• Maintains appropriate floor stock according to par levels and records usage accordingly
• Handles food according to proper sanitary and safety guidelines. Follows food service handling methods according to policies and procedures.
• Ensures all food is prepared using recipes in order to provide consistent, safe, nutritionally appropriate, tasty meals that are cost and budget compliant.
• Complies with current CDC hand hygiene guidelines.
• May prepare or serve hot or cold beverages, such as coffee, espresso drinks, blended coffees, or teas. Serves prepared foods, such as muffins, biscotti, or bagels.
• Stores leftovers appropriately and utilized same in subsequent day/menu in order to ensure that they are served within timeframe.
• May package, label, and date hot food items for patient service and cafeteria operations according to established cook and chill guidelines. Properly vacuum packs all food products, as required.
• May be utilized in multiple areas of need, therefore may be cross trained to conduct many different duties such as, but not limited to tray line, storeroom, and food preparation areas.
• May work in dish room or pot area to support proper cleaning and sanitizing of equipment in accordance with department standards
• Maintains proper care and safe storage of food, equipment, and surrounding area.
• Completes daily and special cleaning assignments to provide a sanitary and safe environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

High School Graduate or equivalent preferred.

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Experience

6 + months previous experience in food service preferred but not required

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Primary Location Address

1513 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

At Jefferson, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support the health and well-being of our colleagues and their families. It includes a wide range of benefits including competitive pay, health and retirement benefits, life and disability insurance, paid time off, educational benefits, financial and mental health resources and much more. Our diverse benefits offerings ensure you have the coverage and access to services you need to thrive both personally and professionally.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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