Food Services Associate

St. Mark's Hospital; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription drug, dental, &/

Vision & behavioral health benefits

Telemedicine services

Time off & family leave

401(k) with 100% match on 3-9% of pay

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition and certification support

Job summary

St. Mark's Hospital is hiring a Food & Nutrition Services Associate to prepare and deliver trays, take patient orders, and ensure diet-specific accuracy. You will support dietitians with patient information and assist with catering events and front‑line customer service.

The role requires a Food Handlers Permit or ServSafe Certification, hospital food service experience, and ability to work in English. Competitive benefits are offered and the position is on-site.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service operations and patient meal delivery.
• Knowledge of dietary needs and ability to locate and prepare appropriate items.
• Ability to operate cash register and handle transactions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver food trays to hospital patients.
• Obtain food orders from patients and assemble diet-specific trays.
• Record daily dietary data and communicate with Dietitians about special needs.
• Assist with catering events and customer service at the point of sale.
• Wash dishes, stock supplies, and maintain clean work areas.

Skills

Food service experience

Cash register experience

English proficiency

Education

ServSafe Certification

Food Handlers Permit

Job description

• Food Handlers Permit orServSafeCertificationrequired.

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Food Services Associate? At St. Mark's Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary And Qualifications

As a Food & Nutrition Services Associate at our facility you will have the opportunity to be both a nutrition professional and a caregiver, providing delicious and nutritious meals for patients, staff, and others when they need it most. You will be joining a hard-working and compassionate team that is so vital for the day-to-day functions of our hospital.

In this role:

• You will prepare and deliver food trays to hospital patients.
• You will obtain food orders from patients and determine/place apportioned, prepared items needed for specific diets on trays and examine the trays for accuracy.
• You will record daily dietary data for patients and provide pertinent diet information to Dietitiansregardingthe special needs of patients.
• You willassistwith catering events.
• You willassistcustomers with cashregisterfood purchases.
• You will wash dishes and clean work areas, counters, and equipment.
• You will receive shipments andproperlystorefoodand supplies.
• You will inventory and stock items needed in various areas of the hospital.
• You will ensure client,customerservice/satisfaction by providing efficient, friendly customer service.
• You willassistwithpots and pans.

What qualifications you will need:

• Food Handlers Permit orServSafeCertificationrequired.
• Food service, hospital diet office, and cash register experience preferred.
• Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen

Benefits

St. Mark's Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

For 150 years, St. Mark's Hospital has provided a full-spectrum of healthcare services to Salt Lake City and its surrounding communities. As Utah's first hospital, St. Mark's team members uphold a rich tradition of patient-centered, top-quality care at our 308 plus bed hospital. St Mark's drives the development of some of the regions finest clinical service areas such as neurosciences, trauma, orthopedics, cardiac care and robotic surgery. St Mark's was named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® list. This is the eighth time this hospital has been recognized with this honor as one of the top performing Teaching Hospitals in the U.S.

St. Mark's has expanded emergency access to the communities we serve with two free standing emergency centers, Taylorsville Emergency Center and West Valley Emergency Center. Both locations have 10 plus patient rooms are staffed 24/7 by experienced board-certified emergency room physicians, nurses and support teams from St. Mark's Hospital. In addition to ER care, both facilities give comprehensive imaging services, including computerized tomography (CT scan), Xray, and ultrasound as well as a fully-equipped medical laboratory.

Nestled at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains, St. Mark's sits in a picturesque and ideal location. From our hospital doors it's a quick commute to Salt Lake's urban and cultural benefits, and a short drive to outdoor adventures and Utah's glorious national parks.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Food Services Associate opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.