Senior Food Service Worker

Banner Health; Gilbert (AZ); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free uniforms including two pair ofSho

20% discount on food

Job summary

Banner Health in Gilbert, Arizona is seeking a Senior Food Service Worker to support a busy culinary team in the cafeteria. You will assist with food preparation, serving customers, and maintaining clean, stocked dining areas for retail services and special events.

The role emphasizes teamwork in a healthcare setting, with responsibilities including dishwashing, inventory handling, and assisting with deliveries while delivering excellent guest service.

Qualifications

• Healthcare experience is a plus.
• Experience in high-volume, fast-paced environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan food production timing and quantities; minimize waste.
• Prepare all food items according to recipes; adjust yields as needed.
• Provide premier service to customers and resolve issues with supervisor support.

Skills

Customer service

Food prep

Dishwashing

High-volume cooking

Job description

Primary City/State

Gilbert, Arizona

Department Name

Culinary & Nutrition-Hosp

Work Shift

Varied

Job Category

Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary

Company Overview

Banner &Health is honored to be recognized once again by Becker's Healthcare as one of the TOP 150 places to work in health care for 2026! This recognition for the last several years reflects Banner Health's investment in team members' professional development, wellness benefits, and continued education. It highlights our commitment to advocating for diversity in the workplace, promoting work-life balance, and boosting employee engagement.

Position Summary

As a Senior Food Service Worker you will feel welcomed, appreciated and part of a family immediately your first day! You will have an opportunity to work with a well‑established culinary team and grow your career at Banner Health! You will work in the cafeteria helping prepare and serve fresh and hot foods for retail services and other special events. You will partner with the teams responsibilities with dishwashing, food prep, unboxing foods and supplies, pulling new inventory, restocking shelves while providing premier customer service. Prior healthcare experience is a plus as well as high volume short order cook experience in a very fast paced environment.

Core Functions

• Plan food production timing and quantities. In the event of shortage, determine menu substitutions. Minimize food waste with appropriate planning and tracking. Record food shortages and excess quantities in accordance with department procedure. May take inventories of all food products and settle catering and interdepartmental food charges in computer program.
• Prepare all food items according to standardized recipes. Adjust recipe quantities for correct yields. Notify supervisor of any problems relating to production.
• Provide service to customers, meeting standards and guidelines. Respond to customer complaints and assist with problem resolution, appropriately escalating issues to supervisor, as needed.

Employment Details

This is a full time position and shifts include 530am - 2pm and 11am - 730pm. Weekends and holiday rotations are required for this role.

Plus you will enjoy an additional $1/hour flat rate weekend shift differential and an additional 18% night shift differential for hours after 7pm (if or when applicable).

Banner offers free uniforms including two pair of shoes yearly, 20% discount on food!

Location Overview

Experience innovative technology and exceptional opportunities for growth and development at Banner Health's state‑of‑the‑art hospital Banner Gateway Medical Center. With comprehensive electronic medical records, physician order entry, digital radiography and proprietary advanced patient monitoring, Banner Gateway provides you with the innovative resources you need to provide your patients with the best care possible. Our commitment to nursing excellence has enabled us to achieve Magnet™ recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Located near Phoenix in Gilbert, Ariz., Banner Gateway Medical Center offers 286 private rooms, 13 operating suites, a 46‑bed emergency department and shares a campus with the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center. Our WIS and NICU services support an average of 4,000 deliveries per year. Key specialties include oncology, obstetrics, bariatric surgery, emergency and other services that focus on meeting the changing needs of the dynamic and growing community we serve.

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center Located in Gilbert, Ariz. (the Phoenix Metro area) on the Banner Gateway Campus, the center provides world‑class care for oncology patients‑ both inpatient and outpatient‑ and has also brought leading oncology programs to the Banner Gateway campus including designation as a Stem Cell Transplant Center of Excellence and comprehensive Head & Neck cancer care. Our capabilities include five linear accelerator vaults, a brachytherapy vault, an advanced diagnostic imaging suite with PET/CT scan, more than 70 infusion bays, a cryopreservation lab and much more. Our inpatient medical oncology unit also incorporates a program that utilizes the electronic surveillance partnership in caring for the patient, where remote nurses have the ability to interact with patients via two‑way audio‑video to assist the bedside nurse with patient care.

Benefits

Top Pay, Excellent Benefits & Fantastic Growth Opportunity!