Food Service Partner I - Sharp Tri-City - Variable Shift - Full Time

Sharp HealthCare; Oceanside (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare is hiring a patient meal service worker to prepare and deliver meals in a hospital setting. You will apply safe food handling techniques, follow infection control guidelines, and assist with meal assembly and tray delivery to patient floors and departments.

Essential duties include portion control, maintaining clean work areas, reading and following diet prescriptions, and communicating clearly with coworkers and supervisors.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Food Handler card required within 6 months of employment.

Responsibilities

• Applies safe food handling techniques and infection control and sanitation guidelines in the provision of safe and high quality food service to patients, employees, and customers.
• Participates in meal assembly, portion control, and delivery of food to patients, employees and customers.
• Utilizes good interpersonal skills in interactions with customers and patients.
• Maintains a safe, clean working environment and follows safety and infection control guidelines.

Skills

Numerical ability

Manual dexterity

Interpersonal skills

English reading/writing

Basic math

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Hours

Shift Start Time: Variable

Shift End Time: Variable

AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements: As Needed

On-Call Required: No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $25.000 - $25.000 - $26.160

This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU.

This position was originally posted to ratified STC SEUI CBA members from 9/3/26 – 9/11/26. The position is now available to be filled by internal candidates that are not members of the ratified Bargaining Unit or External candidates to Sharp.

What You Will Do

Applies safe food handling techniques and infection control and sanitation guidelines in the provision of safe and high quality food service to patients, employees, and customers. Participates in meal assembly, portion control, and delivery of food to patients, employees and customers. Utilizes good interpersonal skills in interactions with customers and patients.

Other Qualification Requirements

• High school diploma or GED preferred, and/or equivalent work experience.

• Food Handler card required within 6 months of employment.

Essential Functions

• The position characteristics reflect the most important duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job in a fully competent manner. They should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The characteristics of the position and standards of performance may be changed by TCMC with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.
  Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.
  Utilizes safety and infection control guidelines in maintaining a safe and clean work environment.
  Produces and portions foods for patients and customers.
  Utilizes portion control guidelines in delivery of food.
  May utilize nutrition guidelines to prepare meal trays for patients per diet prescription.
  May deliver trays to patient floors/rooms.
  Follows all regulatory guidelines in preparation and service of food.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Numerical ability to be able to measure coffee, milk and other liquids as called for in a liquid restricted diet or other modified diets on patient trayline.
• Manual dexterity and motor coordination are required to handle dishes and trays rapidly and efficiently.
• Must be able to work with cleaning solutions and chemicals and have knowledge of proper handling of these cleaning solutions.
• Must demonstrate ability to complete on-the-job training, including the proper operational procedures for the dishwashing equipment, and must demonstrate knowledge of health and sanitation standards.
• Read, write, and speak English; able to read and comprehend menus and recipes.
• Follow oral and written instructions.
• Basic math skills: Abilityto add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units; ability to measure.
• Problem solving, organizing skills
• Safe food handling skills
• Infection control and sanitation guidelines knowledge
• Able to read and understand written instructions, recipes, labels and communicate with coworkers and supervisors.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class