Food Service Worker, FT & PT Alaska Psychiatric Institute ($19/HR & Benefits - Anchorage, AK)

Nana Management Services, LLC; Alaska; On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent service provider in Alaska seeks a Food Service Worker to perform various duties including food preparation, cleanliness maintenance, and patient service in a commercial kitchen at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute in Anchorage. Candidates must possess a high school diploma and food handling knowledge. This role demands effective communication and adherence to sanitation standards.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of proper food service sanitation methods and equipment.
• Contract requires employees to speak, understand, read and write English.

Responsibilities

• Serve patients with food item selection on the tray line.
• Maintain cleanliness on the line during service.
• Restocks cold food items.
• Cleans dishes, utensils, and maintains kitchen cleanliness.

Skills

Food service sanitation knowledge

Effective communication

Ability to follow instructions

Education

High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Tools

Cleaning equipment

Job description

Job Description

The Food Service Worker position performs a variety of cleaning, maintenance, food preparation, stocking, and serving duties in a commercial kitchen, storeroom, dining, or serving area. This position will support the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) in Anchorage, AK.

Responsibilities

• Serve patients with food item selection on the tray line

• Communicates any problems to the cooks with the quality or quantity of food being served.

• Maintains cleanliness on the line during service.

• Restocks cold food items such as salads, deserts and fruit.

• Maintain cleanliness of the cafeteria.

• Stocks storage areas with various products.

• Responsible for stock rotation.

• Washes objects by hand or with cleaning equipment.

• Cleans dishes, utensils, pots, pans etc. and places in assigned areas in an organized and orderly manner.

• Removes garbage from assigned areas, sets up or breaks down tables, snack bars, display cases, serving lines etc.

• Assists with various periodic and scheduled cleaning projects.

• Assists patients and hospital staff as requested with general information, inquiries, etc.

• May assist other employees in the food service areas or cooks to help out as needed.

• Maintains a variety of products at certain levels in preparation, serving, or storage areas including service machines.

• Regularly unloads freight and produce to and from designated storage areas, such as racks, and shelves, coolers and freezers.

• Adheres to all sanitation regulations set by Federal, State, and local municipalities.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.

• Municipality of Anchorage Food Handlers’ Card or ServSafe contingent upon 30 days.

• Knowledge of proper food service sanitation methods and equipment.

• Contract requires employees to speak, understand, read and write English.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

Weather: Indoors, environmentally controlled.

Noise level: The noise level in the work environment is usually mild

Description of environment: This is an industrial kitchen located in a health care setting.

Physical requirements: Frequently required to stand, walk, use hands/fingers to handle or feel, stoop, kneel, talk/hear, see, taste/smell, and carry weight/lift. Infrequently required to sit, crouch or crawl. Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50lbs

Competencies

NMS Core Values

• Safety guides our behavior.
• Honesty and integrity govern our activities.
• Commitments made will be fulfilled.
• All individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
• The environment will be protected and sustained.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. and its subsidiaries are equal employment opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, gender-identity and sexual orientation), age, disability, genetic information, veteran protected status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. NANA grants employment preference to shareholder of NANA, their spouses and descendants to the extent allowed by law.

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Default: Location US-AK-Anchorage

Job ID 2025-19316

NMS Division NMS FFM

Work Type On-Site

Work Location Anchorage

NMS is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, veteran protected status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.