Food Service Worker

Banner Health; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Health in Chandler, AZ is seeking a dedicated Food Service Team Member to support dietary and retail café operations across patient trays, meals, and event catering. The role emphasizes safe food handling, accuracy, and excellent patient and staff service.

Responsibilities include setting up stations, food preparation, dish sanitation, restocking, occasional cash register transactions, and assisting with deliveries or special events. Prior hospital food service experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Must be able to learn food handling regulations and pass certification tests as required.
• POS (cash register) when applicable.
• Food handlers' card required within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Set up work station and prepare foods and nourishments following procedures and portion controls.
• Clean and sanitize dishes, utensils, and kitchen areas; monitor dish machine temperature.
• Maintain par levels, restock items, and rotate stock with proper dating.
• Check and record food and equipment temperatures and report discrepancies.
• Deliver meals/nourishments to units and assist with catering or special events.
• Process cash register transactions when applicable.
• Interact with patients, staff and families while maintaining sanitation standards.

Skills

Customer service

Sanitation

Food handling

Attention to detail

Job description

Primary City/State:Chandler, ArizonaDepartment Name:Culinary & Nutrition-HospWork Shift:EveningJob Category:Facilities, Environmental Services, and CulinaryA rewarding career that fits your life. Learn how Banner Health, a certified Great Place To Work, prioritizes team members and strives to be the best place to work in health care.We are seeking a dedicated and service-oriented Food Service Team Member to join our dietary and retail café team. In this role, you will support daily food service operations across multiple assignments, including food preparation, patient trayline service, retail café support, and facility cleaning and sanitation. The role may also involve delivering meals, nourishments, and tube feedings to patient units, assisting with catering or special events, and handling cash register transactions as needed. The ideal candidate must be able to follow established procedures and guidelines — including safe handling of cleaning chemicals — work efficiently under regular supervision, and consistently deliver excellent customer service to patients, families, and hospital staff. Preferred candidates will have prior experience in hospital food service and/or room service operations.Schedule: Friday - Sunday 12:00pm- 8:30pm and Monday- Tuesday 4:00pm-8:00pm; Wednesday and Thursday are days off.Banner Ocotillo Medical Center is a new, comprehensive medical center located in Chandler, AZ. The hospital has 124 beds with ample shelled space for future growth. The hospital offers key inpatient and outpatient services, such as emergency care, intensive care, endoscopy, cardiac catheterization, imaging, surgical and women’s services. The hospital utilizes cutting-edge technology to improve safety and quality, including robotic surgeries, UV disinfecting lighting, and smart devices for all caregivers.POSITION SUMMARYThis position works as a member of the food service team on one or more assignments in cleaning, food preparation, patient trayline or retail café. Provides service and assistance to patients, staff and other customers in accordance with established dietary and retail cafe policies and procedures.CORE FUNCTIONS1. Sets up work station and prepares all assigned foods and nourishments in the correct quantities, following established procedures, portion control and food quality standards. Assures that food presentation continually meets standards.2. Cleans and sanitizes dishes, flatware, trays, cups, glasses and cooking utensils. Also cleans and sanitizes designated equipment and kitchen areas disposing of all waste materials. Monitors dish machine temperature.3. Maintains par levels of foods and/or supplies in assigned areas, orders and/or restocks items in accordance with established routines, rotates food stocks, checks expiration dates.4. Checks and records food and equipment temperatures according to defined procedures, and reports any discrepancies to the supervisor.5. May deliver meals, nourishments, late trays and/or tube feedings to units; return excess nourishments as requested. May also assist in catering or special event service.6. May handle transactions at cash register (if applicable) and/or cafe.7. This position interacts with other food service department personnel, hospital staff, patients and families. Requires the ability to follow a work routine with regular supervision, to work quickly and correctly while providing good customer service and maintaining sanitation standards. The work requires the ability to follow instructions and guidelines for the use of cleaning chemicals and be able to work in physical contact with them.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSThis position requires the ability to learn and follow established policy and procedures, read and understand written and verbal instruction, to communicate effectively and to provide customer service. Must be able to learn food handling regulations and pass certification tests as required. POS (cash register) when applicable.For Banner Staffing Services (BSS) team members, the food handlers' card is required with 30 days of hire. For BSS team members in Tucson and Colorado, the food handlers' card is not required.Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment. An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire. Employees working at Olive Branch Senior Center must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSAdditional related education and/or experience preferred.EEO Statement:EEO/Disabled/VeteransOur organization supports a drug-free work environment.Privacy Policy:Privacy Policy