Food Service Worker I

101 Sentara Hospitals; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k)/403(b) with employer match

Paid Time Off

Education assistance

Tuition assistance

Student debt payoff

Life Insurance

Disability coverage

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, VA is hiring a Full-time Food Service Worker (Starter for the Tray Line) for the Food Services Department. The role involves rotating 12-hour shifts, including every other weekend, and delivering meals to patients with strong attention to dietary guidelines and safety.

Responsibilities include food preparation, keeping the kitchen clean, cashier duties, and supporting patient and staff meal service.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Food Handlers Card is required by local Health Department.
• Food service and customer service experience are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assemble food according to dietary guidelines and safety standards.
• Maintain cleanliness in kitchen and dining areas; wash dishes.
• Assist as cashier and support meal delivery to patients, staff, and visitors.
• Support in delivering nutritious meals and ensuring food safety.

Skills

Food service experience

Customer service experience

Education

High School Grad or Equivalent

Job description

City/State Norfolk, VA Work Shift Rotating Overview: Sentara Leigh Hospital is hiring a Full-time Food Service Worker (Starter for the Tray Line) for the Food Services Department. Hours/Shift: Full-time, 40 hours a week, working rotating 12-hour shifts and every other weekend.

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 is required in the city of Norfolk.

Education

High School Grad or Equivalent (Preferred)

Certification/Licensure

Food Handlers Card - Certification as required by the local Health Department. (Required)

Experience

Food service experience (Preferred) Customer Service experience (Preferred)

Compensation

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $18.02 - $26.54 hourly. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs.

Benefits

Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.

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!