Food Service Associate LLH

Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation Saluda; Saluda (VA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation Saluda is seeking a Food Service Associate to prepare and serve meals to patients, visitors and staff in a hospital setting. You will follow recipes, ensure portion control, and uphold food safety and sanitation standards.

Responsibilities include meal assembly by diet orders, FIFO use, and collaboration with nutrition staff to deliver high-quality patient meals while complying with policy and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED (Preferred)
• 1 year prior food service experience, preferably in a healthcare facility (Preferred)
• Allergen Awareness Certification - VA State - ANSI-approved (within 180 days, Required)
• Food Handlers Card - VA State - ANSI-approved (within 30 days, Required) or Food Protection Manager certification - VA State (Required)

Responsibilities

• Completes food preparation following recipes and production worksheets.
• Slices lunch meat, chops fruits & vegetables, prepares salads and sandwiches.
• Completes meal service with proper portion control and plate presentation.
• Follows therapeutic menus to ensure meals meet diet therapy guidelines and physician orders.
• Assembles patient trays according to diet orders and allergy restrictions.
• Maintains knowledge of food safety, infection control, and sanitation requirements.
• Ensures proper temperature, quality, sanitation, and storage at all steps.
• Uses FIFO to reduce food waste and labels items with dates.

Skills

Food safety

Sanitation

Time management

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Saluda, Virginia Hiring Range $15.00 - $19.50/Hourly Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.

Overview

The Food Service Associate is responsible for preparing and serving foods to patients, visitors and hospital team members. Will demonstrate knowledge of food safety and sanitation standards. Promotes and maintains safe work environment for staff as well as our customers.

What you will do

• Completes food preparation following recipes/techniques as designated on production worksheets and in compliance with regulatory guidelines and Food & Nutrition Services policy/procedures.
• Demonstrates the competence to complete prep work, including but not limited to slicing lunch meat, chopping fruits & vegetables, preparing salads and sandwiches.
• Completes meal service ensuring proper portion control and plate presentation.
• Demonstrates the ability to follow therapeutic menus to ensure patients receive consistent, competent, and quality nutritional care within their diet therapy guidelines and as ordered by the physician.
• Accurately assembles patient tray based on the patient/resident specific tray ticket or tray card (as applicable), ensuring accuracy to diet order and allergy restrictions.
• Maintains a working knowledge of food safety, infection control, and sanitation regulatory compliance requirements and Food & Nutrition Service policy/procedures.
• Consistently complies with temperature, quality, sanitation & storage at all key steps in the food production process.
• Actively uses the FIFO (First-in/First-out) system to ensure that food items that are already in stock are used first to control food waste.
• Labels & dates all product according to policy and alerts management of any discrepancies to the norm.
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relations with patients and patient families so that patients and their families perceive positive patient care from the hospital.
• Demonstrates positive communication with internal customers (physicians, team members, etc.).
• Demonstrates flexibility and reliability when meeting the needs of the customer.
• Demonstrates the ability to use time effectively and during periods of heavy workload, is able to aid other workers in the completion of their work.
• Ensures completion of all assigned cleaning tasks, as noted in job work flows and posted assignment sheets, prior to end of shift.
• Alerts supervisor/manager when unable to complete tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or GED, (Preferred)

Experience

• 1 year Prior food service experience, preferably in a healthcare facility (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

• Allergen Awareness Certification - VA State - ANSI-approved Allergen Awareness certificate program within 180 Days(Required)
• Food Handlers Card (FH) - VA State - ANSI-approved Food Handlers certificate program within 30 Days(Required) or Food Protection Manager - VA State - ANSI approved Food Protection Manager Certification - VA State (Required)

To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers. If loving your work is important to you, consider a career at Riverside. By joining our team, you can make a difference in people's lives. Our mission is to care for others as we would care for those we love. We extend that sense of caring to every patient, resident and customer, as well as to each member of our team. We offer care at all stages of life, in hundreds of locations, giving you room to grow your career, along with great benefits and perks. At Riverside Health, your trust and safety are our top priorities.