Patient Meal Service Specialist

Atlantic Health System; Newton (NJ); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System is seeking a dedicated food service staff member to prepare and serve meals in a hospital setting. You will assemble patient trays, help with bakery items where needed, and assist in the tray line, ensuring accurate orders and clean presentation.

The role involves interacting with patients to take meal orders, delivering trays, and maintaining strict temperature controls and sanitation standards across patient care areas.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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