Food Service Worker I, FT Variable Days

PIH Health; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

PIH Health is seeking a hospital food service worker to prepare and serve salads, sandwiches, and snacks to patients. You will log temperatures, deliver meals, and maintain clean and stocked work areas in a fast-paced dietary department.

The role includes trayline setup, service, breakdown, and sanitation, with potential cash register duties during meals. English literacy and reliability are essential for daily operations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma preferred but not required.
• Must be able to read, write and speak English.
• Six months experience in food services preferred, but not required.
• Knowledge of modified diets helpful.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve salads, sandwiches, desserts, and snacks per recipes and tally sheets.
• Log hot/cold food temperatures on trayline and monitor refrigerator/freezer temps.
• Deliver meal carts and late trays to patient nursing stations.
• Stock and clean work areas; assist with cleaning tasks in dining areas and kitchen.
• Assist on patient trayline: set up, service, breakdown and sanitation.
• Operate cash register and handle transactions as needed.

Skills

Follow recipes

Portion control

Knife skills

Cash handling

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Performs a variety of tasks associated with the preparation and serving of salads, sandwiches, desserts, supplemental and enteral feedings and snacks using tally sheets and recipes. Logs hot and cold food temps on trayline as well as refrigerator/freezer temps. Delivers meal carts/late trays for patients to nursing station. Performs a variety of cleaning tasks including detail cleaning, washing dishes, and pots and pans. Responsible for stocking and cleaning work areas. Works on patient trayline to include set-up and service as well as breakdown and sanitation. May be asked to do other tasks associated with food service as the need arises. Performs a variety of tasks associated with the preparation, service, set-up and maintenance, use of cash register, cleaning of cafeteria line and dining room.

PIH Health is a nonprofit, regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County, Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital, PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, 37 outpatient medical office buildings, a multispecialty medical (physician) group, home healthcare services and hospice care, as well as heart, cancer, digestive health, orthopedics, women’s health, urgent care and emergency services. The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and patient experience, and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has identified PIH Health as one of the nation’s top hospital systems for best practices, cutting-edge advancements, quality of care and healthcare technology. For more information, visit PIHHealth.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

Required Skills

• Ability to follow standardized recipes and portion control protocols.
• Ability to use knives, large food production equipment and tools
• Ability to use cash register and make change.

Required Experience

• High school diploma preferred but not required.
• Must be able to read, write and speak English.
• Six months experience in food services preferred, but not required.
• Knowledge of modified diets helpful.

Address

11500 Brookshire Ave.

Salary

23.00-29.90

Shift

Variable

Zip Code

90241