Food Service Worker

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

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Weekend shift differential

Night shift differential (after 7pm)

Free uniforms

Food discount

Job summary

Banner Health is hiring a Food Service Worker to support evening and night operations in Tucson. The role involves preparing, cooking, and serving meals while maintaining safety and quality standards.

The schedule generally runs 3:30pm–12:00am; weekends and rotating holidays are required, with differential pay after hours. The position emphasizes strong customer service and teamwork in a healthcare setting, with benefits, uniform provision, and purchasing discounts.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn and follow established policy and procedures, read and understand written and verbal instruction, communicate effectively and provide customer service.
• Food handlers' card/certification requirements as applicable; pass certification tests as required.
• For Banner Staffing Services (BSS) team members, food handlers' card required within 30 days of hire; for certain locations it may not be required.
• Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at time of hire for certain Banner facilities and the Elders program as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Sets up work station and prepares all assigned foods and nourishments in the correct quantities, following established procedures, portion control and food quality standards; ensures presentation meets standards.
• Cleans and sanitizes dishes, utensils, and kitchen areas; monitors dish machine temperature and disposes of waste.
• Maintains par levels of foods and supplies, restocks items, rotates stock, and checks expiration dates.
• Checks and records food and equipment temperatures; reports discrepancies to supervisor.
• May deliver meals or trays to units; may assist in catering or special events.
• May handle transactions at cash register and cafe; interacts with staff, patients and families.
• Follows guidelines for use of cleaning chemicals and works with safety in a fast-paced environment to provide excellent customer service.

Job description

Primary City/State: Tucson, Arizona Department Name: Culinary & Nutrition-Hosp Work Shift: Evening Job Category: Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary

Great careers are built at Banner Health. We’re looking for the best and brightest to join our team that earned Great Place To Work® Certification™. If you have food service background, enjoy providing premier customer service and consider yourself a true team player, then this might be the ideal fit for you! The Food Service Worker position is essential to maintaining retail food service operations during the evening and night hours. This role is responsible for preparing, cooking, and serving food items to ensure customers have access to fresh, safe, and high-quality meals during non-traditional operating hours.

At least 1 year of cooking experience preferred. This is a full time position and schedule is generally 3:30pm - 12:00am and weekends are required along with rotating holidays. You will enjoy a full benefits package plus an additional $1/hour flat rate weekend shift differential and an additional 18% night shift differential for hours after 7pm (if applicable). And Banner offers free uniforms including two pair of shoes yearly, 20% discount on food! Top Pay, Excellent Benefits & Fantastic Growth Opportunity! Banner - University Medical Center South is a comprehensive academic medical center that includes an Emergency department, a state-designated trauma center and a Behavioral Health Pavilion. We are an Arizona Department of Health Services-accredited Cardiac Receiving Center and a Nurses Improving Care for Health system Elders-designated senior-friendly hospital. The hospital is staffed by physicians who are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and is managed by Banner Health under an operating agreement with Pima County. Our specialty services include inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, treatment and education for diabetes, innovative geriatrics care and comprehensive orthopedics.

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides service and assistance to patients, staff and other customers in accordance with established dietary and retail cafe policies and procedures.

CORE FUNCTIONS

• 1. 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 QUALIFICATIONS

• This 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 QUALIFICATIONS

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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