LEAD Food Services Associate

HCA Healthcare; Orem (UT); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

Education assistance

Job summary

HCA Healthcare’s Timpanogos Regional Hospital is seeking a Lead Food Services Associate to supervise daily cafeteria operations and support dietary needs for patients and staff. You will coordinate schedules, manage resources, and ensure accurate tray delivery and cash handling while upholding sanitation standards.

You will participate in menu planning per dietitian recommendations and assist in HR duties related to hiring, evaluation, and staff development.

Qualifications

• Food service supervision and leadership skills are required.
• Experience in catering, preparing, serving, and nutrition/restrictive diets is preferred.
• Good verbal and written communication abilities are needed.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and direct day-to-day cafeteria operations.
• Assign tasks based on patient and staff needs; manage resources.
• Ensure diet accuracy on patient trays and accurate cash handling.
• Coordinate staff schedules and cleaning projects to maintain quality and sanitation.
• Assist with menu planning to meet dietary guidelines.
• Oversee receipt and inspection of food and supplies against standards.
• Participate in HR duties such as hiring, evaluating, and disciplining staff.
• Coordinate in-service meetings for FNS staff.
• Maintain positive relations with staff and patients.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Food service experience

Verbal and written skills

Basic computer skills

Tools

POS system

Job description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) LEAD Food Services Associate with Timpanogos Regional Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Food & Nutrition Services Lead 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 act as a subject matter expert for FNS staff and will be responsible for supervising and directing the day-to-day operations in the cafeteria.
• You will assign functions as necessary based on patient, public, and hospital staff need and availability of resources and ensure the department work supports and contributes to all hospital dietary needs.
• You will check the patient tray line for diet accuracy and final delivery.
• You will monitor the accuracy of cafeteria money and cash registers.
• You will function as a food services staff member, while coordinating and ensuring that specific work goals and deadlines are met.
• You will coordinate staff schedules and cleaning project task schedules to maintain quality service and a sanitary environment.
• You will plan/improvise menus for patients to meet their specific dietary needs in compliance with dietitian recommendations.
• You will receive and examine food and supplies to ensure quality and quantities meet established standards and specifications.
• You will work with department management in regards to Human Resource duties by giving suggestions and recommendations for things such a hiring, evaluation, promoting, and disciplining staff.
• You will coordinate in-service meetings for FNS staff.
• You will maintain a good working relationship with staff and model excellent positive customer relations, promoting positive, efficient customer relations from staff members.

What qualifications you will need:

• Food Handlers/Safety, or Food Protection Manager must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date
• Food service experience and supervisory experience required.
• Experience in catering, preparing, serving, and nutrition/restrictive diets.
• Must have good verbal and written skills.
• Basic computer knowledge and keyboarding skill required.
• Must pass a background check and drug screening

Benefits

• 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

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Timpanogos Regional Hospital (https://mountainstar.com/locations/timpanogos-regional-hospital/) is a full-service 122 plus bed hospital. We have cared for residents of Utah County since 1998. As Utah County's only Top 100 hospital, we offer the latest advances in life-saving technology. We deliver services with the compassion and personalized care of a community hospital. Our colleagues of over 900 physicians, medical staff, and volunteers care for over 30,000 patients per year. Located in the city of Orem, Utah, Timpanogos Regional is surrounded by family-friendly attractions, thrilling outdoor adventures and cheerful community members.

We are part of the HCA Healthcare network - which includes more than 300 affiliate facilities across the country – offering our colleagues the opportunity for travel and relocation. HCA and Timpanogos Regional Hospital are all about caring for people, and that care extends to patients, families and our colleagues.

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.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our LEAD Food Services Associate opening.

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.