Patient Meal Service & Tray Specialist

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

Job summary

Atlantic Health System seeks a Food Service Associate to prepare and serve meals in its hospital dining environment. You will assemble and deliver patient meal trays, assist on the tray line, and help stock, clean, and maintain food presentation.

This role emphasizes food safety, patient interactions, and collaboration with kitchen leadership to ensure quality service across patient and retail settings.

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.

Job description

Atlantic Health System seeks a Food Service Associate to prepare and serve meals in its hospital dining environment. You will assemble and deliver patient meal trays, assist on the tray line, and help stock, clean, and maintain food presentation.

This role emphasizes food safety, patient interactions, and collaboration with kitchen leadership to ensure quality service across patient and retail settings.