Food Services Representative I

Atlantic Health System; New Jersey; On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System is seeking a hospital food service worker to prepare and serve meals in a patient-focused environment. You will assemble salad, hot and cold foods, and assist with bakery items, while delivering trays and assisting on the tray line.

You will interact with patients to take meal orders, monitor food safety and quality, restock stations, handle waste, and help maintain appealing presentation across service areas.

Responsibilities

• Works in a retail and patient services environment.
• Assembles and delivers patient meal trays; restocks workstations; collects soiled dishes.
• Interacts with patients to take meal orders and deliver trays.
• Monitors tray lines for quality, temperature and safety.
• Reports safety issues to department leadership.
• Restocks products for patient use on the tray line.
• Removes kitchen trash; maintains presentation and food preparation standards.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Job description

Responsible for performing a wide range of duties involved with preparing and/or serving foods and beverages in one or more of a variety of food service environments. Prepares salad items, hot foods, and/or cold foods, and/or assists in the preparing bakery items. Serves hospital patients, or other patrons of dining area, and performs a variety of duties on the tray line. Also participates in feed services in admitted patient departments.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. 1. Works in a retail and patient services environment
2. 2. Assembles and delivers meal trays for patients, restocks items on workstations, collects soiled dishes, scraps trays and washes, sanitizes and restocks flatware and silverware.
3. 3. Interacts with patients in taking meal orders and delivering meal trays.
4. 4. Monitors patient and retail food lines and test trays for quality, temperature and food safety.
5. 5. Informs department leadership of any safety issues on units, cafeteria or in kitchen.
6. 6. Restocks products for patient use on the tray line.
7. 7. Removes trash from kitchen.
8. 8. Maintains the high standards of AHS in creating appealing presentation and food preparation.
9. 9. Performs other related duties as assigned.