Food Service Associate III

Tucson Medical Center; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Tucson Medical Center is seeking a Food Services Associate I/II to support patient meal delivery and unit food service operations.

Responsibilities include reading recipes, invoices and menus, preparing routine reports, and ensuring accurate time documentation and courteous communication with staff and patients.

Qualifications

• Read and interpret recipes, invoices, work orders, tally sheets, and menus.
• Complete routine reports, logs or basic spreadsheets.
• Listen and accurately interpret others' instructions and needs.
• Communicate effectively with hospital staff and patients.
• Knowledge of food service preparation, delivery, cleanup, storage and cashier operations.
• Interact politely and respectfully with patients, staff and visitors.
• Follow directions and pay attention to details.
• Read, print and speak simple English sentences.
• Add and subtract two-digit numbers accurately.
• Read a clock and document time correctly.
• Apply common sense to carry out written/oral/diagramed instructions.
• Handle problems with several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

• Distribute menus and meals to units and patients.
• Assist with food product receiving, storage and delivery as needed.
• Maintain appropriate unit food products and patient needs on the units.

Skills

Reading recipes

Invoices & work orders

Basic spreadsheets

Effective communication

Food service ops

Customer courtesy

English literacy

Time documentation

Mathematical accuracy

Job description

Summary
Performs all duties of a Food Services Associate I and II, in addition to a variety of more complex tasks related to food product receiving, storage and delivery and/or patient needs on the units including menu distribution, meal delivery and maintaining appropriate unit food products.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as recipes, invoices, work orders, tally sheets, and menus
• Ability to complete routine reports, logs or basic spreadsheets
• Ability to listen and accurately interpret others' communications, instructions and needs
• Ability to communicate effectively with other employees throughout the hospital
• Knowledge of food service preparation, delivery/service, clean up/storage and cashier operations
• Skills in communicating in a polite and respectful way with patients, staff and visitors
• Skills in following directions and paying attention to details.
• Ability to read, print and speak simple sentences in English.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers
• Ability to read a clock and accurately document time
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.