Food Service Team Member

MACON HEALTH CARE CENTER; Macon (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

NHC, a healthcare food service team in a hospital-like setting, is seeking a Food Service Team Member to support patient meals and dining services. You will assist with basic food prep, service, and dietary needs while ensuring cleanliness and sanitary standards.

The role offers opportunities to interact with residents and families, working in a team-oriented kitchen and dining environment that emphasizes recognition and growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare food service is preferred, not required

Responsibilities

• Assist in receiving and storing food and supplies, ensuring proper dating, labeling and waste prevention.
• Scrape, wash, sanitize dishes and utensils; remove broken items and wrap flatware as needed.
• Transport and store dishes, flatware, and utensils; ensure sufficient clean items for meal prep and service.
• Clean and sanitize the dish machine and dish room; manage trash cans and keep the area tidy.
• Assist cooks with meal preparation and serving for all diets, preparing beverages and menu items as assigned.
• Assemble meal trays, check diet accuracy and deliver carts to floors as needed.
• Bus tables and sanitize dining areas as required.

Job description

Position: Food Service Team Member

Are you looking to have fun in a work environment where you can express your talents and creativity, while making a difference in the lives of others? Come join our Food Nutrition Service Team! NHC fosters an environment of teamwork and provides opportunities to showcase your culinary skills in a healthcare setting. A Food Service Team Member performs various duties associated with the production and service of patient meals such as assist with minimal food prep, food delivery, kitchen cleaning, and other duties as assigned. We provide restaurant style dining for our residents and their families; offering you the opportunity to interact with our residents and their families.

Why NHC?

We offer a culture of recognition, empowerment, and fun. At NHC, we are all partners (employees) in a family — oriented work atmosphere where growth and opportunities are promoted. We provide competitive compensation with performance wage rate increases.

Position Highlights:

• Assists in receiving and storing food and supplies to prevent waste and assure quality products. Dates, labels, and stores items properly. Uses proper food handling techniques.
• Responsible for scraping, stacking, washing, and sanitizing dishes, flatware, utensils, pots/pans, etc. and for removing broken and chipped dishes and glassware from use. Wraps flatware if needed.
• Properly transports and stores dishes, flatware, utensils, pots/pans, etc. Responsible for having sufficient quantities of clean and sanitized dishes, flatware, utensils, pots/pans, etc. to meet time schedule for meal preparation and service.
• Cleans and sanitizes the dish machine and dish room. Empties and cleans/sanitizes the trash cans. Keeps work area clean and uncluttered and completes assigned cleaning duties.
• Assists cook, as needed, in preparing and serving foods for all diets (therapeutic, mechanically altered, etc.) according to planned menus, using proper portions and special diet items. Prepares beverages, breads, and other menu items as assigned.
• Assembles meal trays on tray line and checks trays for accuracy of diets, preferences, and quality. Delivers carts to floors as needed.
• Busses tables in dining area(s) as needed; cleans and sanitizes tabletops in dining area(s).

Experience

Healthcare food service experience preferred, not required