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

150 Sharp Tri-City Medical Center; Oceanside (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare is seeking a Food Service Aide to provide safe and high quality food service to patients, employees, and visitors.

You will participate in meal assembly, portion control, and delivery of trays while practicing infection control and sanitation guidelines. A high school diploma or GED is preferred, and a Food Handler card must be obtained within 6 months of employment. This is a union position under the SEIU and pays an hourly wage with shift flexibility.

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.

Skills

Safe food handling

Infection control

Interpersonal skills

Numerical measurement

English reading/writing

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

• 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: Ability to 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

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. Sharp provides medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, womens health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It's what we call The Sharp Experience - treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.