Food Service Worker Full Time

Forefront; Atmore (AL); On-site; USD 15,153 - 16,531; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Vacation time

Holidays

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Employee assistance program

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Atmore, AL is seeking a Food Service Worker to provide food preparation and delivery services. The role includes maintaining kitchen cleanliness, assisting clinical staff with patient nutrition needs, and visiting patients to discuss food preferences. Ideal candidates will have preferred experience in a healthcare food service setting and possess strong communication skills. This position offers a full-time schedule with additional benefits such as PTO, medical and dental insurance, and 401(k).

Qualifications

• Two years’ experience preferred in a healthcare food service setting.
• Ability to communicate (both verbal and written) effectively.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions.
• Ability to work well under time constraints.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a liaison between the patient and the kitchen, communicating all patient food needs.
• Assists clinical staff in ensuring patient nutrition care needs are met.
• Maintains cleanliness of the kitchen and assigned areas.
• Receives cash from customers as payment for goods or services.
• Provides customers with prompt service and quality products.
• Prepares beverages and food items to standard.
• Delivers patient trays during meal service.
• Visits patients to introduce food services.
• Inventories and re-stocks pantries and refrigerators.
• Cleans tables and kitchen equipment.

Skills

Effective communication

Time management

Job description

Food Service Worker – Atmore, AL

Hourly Rate: $11.00 – $12.00

Job Type: Full-time

Position Summary

The Food Service Worker provides food preparation and delivery services to include a variety of specialized duties related to the receipt, interpretation, and follow-through of patient diet orders. Responsible for the delivery and collection of trays to and from patients, ensuring nutrition care diet orders are provided to patients.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a liaison between the patient and the kitchen, communicating all patient food needs to the appropriate area of the department.
• Assists clinical staff in ensuring all patient basic nutrition care needs are met.
• Maintains cleanliness of the kitchen and other assigned food and nutrition areas.
• Receives cash from customers as payment for goods or services and performs retail café duties ensuring service and merchandising standards.
• Provides customers with prompt service, quality beverages and products, and contributes to a friendly, upbeat, and clean atmosphere.
• Maintains friendly, efficient attitude towards customers, coworkers, patients, and visitors.
• Sets up and maintains assigned work area in a neat, clean, and orderly manner to facilitate efficiency and ensure food safety.
• Prepares beverages and food items to standard.
• Performs cleaning tasks in accordance with the duty rosters and cleaning standards and works as a store team member.
• Delivers patient trays during meal service.
• Delivers nourishments and/or snacks to patients as ordered by physician/dietitian in a timely manner.
• Visits patients to introduce the services of the Food and Nutrition Services Department and may obtain food preferences/dislikes from patient and/or family members.
• Inventories and re-stocks pantries, refrigerator, and freezers on assigned unit(s), maintaining temperature logs for unit refrigerators and freezers.
• Follows all cash handling procedures and policies.
• Cleans tables, counters and various types of retail and kitchen equipment and sweeps and mops floors.
• Welcomes and connects with every customer.
• Records all appropriate meal information for volunteers, employees, and physicians and submits all information to the designated person at the end of each shift.
• Operates cash register by keying the correct items and ensuring the correct tender is collected.

Qualifications

• Two years’ experience preferred in a healthcare food service setting.
• Ability to communicate (both verbal and written) effectively.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to work well under time constraints.

Additional Information

Additional benefits include PTO, vacation time, holidays, medical insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), employee assistance program, and more.