Food Services Representative I

Atlantic Health; Pompton Lakes (NJ); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health is seeking a dedicated Food Service team member to prepare and serve meals in hospital dining areas and patient unit trays. You will assemble salads, hot and cold items, and bakery goods, and assist on the tray line for patient and retail service.

Responsibilities include delivering trays, restocking, interacting with patients for meal orders, and ensuring food safety and presentation standards are met.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• At least 1 year of experience directly related to duties specified is required.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Customer service

Food safety

Team player

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

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.

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

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

Required

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 1 year of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Preferred

• At least one (1) year of food service or retail customer service experience preferred.

About Us

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Medical Group
• Atlantic Visiting Nurse
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.

We Have Received Awards And Recognition For The Services We Have Provided To Our Patients, Team Members And Communities. Below Are Just a Few Of Our Accolades

• Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.