Food Service Worker I

Sentara Health Plans; Norfolk (VA); Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision insurance

Paid Time Off

401k with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Food Service Worker (Utility) to join the full-time team on rotating shifts, including day and evening hours and every other weekend. The role includes food preparation, serving meals, cashier duties, and maintaining a clean kitchen and dining area, with a potential sign-on bonus up to $1,000 for qualified candidates.

Required is a Food Handler's Card with a high school diploma or equivalent; prior food service or customer service experience is

Qualifications

• High School grad or equivalent preferred.
• Food Handler's Card required.
• Customer service experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assemble food according to dietary guidelines, safety and customer preferences.
• Maintain cleanliness in the kitchen and dining areas.
• Wash dishes and support utility needs, including cashier duties as needed.
• Deliver nutritious meals to patients, staff, and visitors and uphold food safety standards.

Skills

Food Service

Customer Service

Cashier

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

City/State Norfolk, VA Work Shift Rotating Overview: Sentara Leigh Hospital Food Service is hiring a Food Service Worker (Utility Worker). Food Service Workers work Full-time, Rotating Shifts, covering both day and evening shifts, and work every other weekend. (Up to $1,000 Sign-on Bonus for qualified candidates) Food Service Workers are essential members of the food services team who offer support to the team and contribute in multiple ways, such as delivering nutritious meals and providing excellent customer service to patients, staff, and visitors. Food Service Workers are essential members of the food services team who offer support to the team and contribute in multiple ways, such as delivering nutritious meals and providing excellent customer service to patients, staff, and visitors. This position entails various responsibilities, including but not limited to preparing and assembling food according to dietary guidelines, safety and customer preferences, maintaining cleanliness in the kitchen and dining areas, washing dishes, working as a cashier, meeting utility needs, and ensuring food safety standards are upheld. As a Food Service Worker with Sentara, you work in the different aspects of delivering food to the patients.

Food Handlers Card required in the city of Norfolk Click https://youtu.be/pSpUSmsMNNA to hear Sylvia tell us about a day in the life of a Food Service Worker with Sentara Health.

Education High School Grad or Equivalent (Preferred) Certification/Licensure Food Handler's Card - Certification - Food Service Certification, as required by local Health Department. (Required) Experience Utility experience (Preferred) Food Service experience (Preferred) Customer Service experience (Preferred) Keywords: Food Service Worker, Cashier, Server, Talroo - food service .

Benefits

Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery. We are also home to the region’s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won’t heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents. Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves. In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment. For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Sentara Health is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years. Offering hundreds of sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE, home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan. The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara “Employer of Choice” for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years. Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!