Food Service Worker

Food Service Worker

Primary City/State: Tucson, Arizona

Department Name: Culinary & Nutrition-Hosp

Work Shift: Varied

Job Category: Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary

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If you have food service background, enjoy providing premier customer service and consider yourself a true team player, then this might be the ideal fit for you!

The Food Service Worker position is essential to maintaining food service operations throughout the day. This role is responsible for preparing, cooking, and serving food items to ensure customers have access to fresh, safe, and high-quality meals. You will help to set up serving stations, wash dishes, pots, pans, and kitchen equipment, along with stocking and replenishing food, beverages, supplies, and condiments.

At least 1 year of cooking experience preferred.

This is a full time position and shifts generally run 5:30a-2p and 11:30am-8pm and candidates must be available to work both shifts. Weekends are required along with rotating holidays. You will enjoy a full benefits package plus an additional $1/hour flat rate weekend shift differential and an additional 18% night shift differential for hours after 7pm (if applicable). And Banner offers free uniforms including two pair of shoes yearly, 20% discount on food!

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Banner - University Medical Center South is a comprehensive academic medical center that includes an Emergency department, a state-designated trauma center and a Behavioral Health Pavilion. We are an Arizona Department of Health Services-accredited Cardiac Receiving Center and a Nurses Improving Care for Health system Elders-designated senior-friendly hospital. The hospital is staffed by physicians who are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and is managed by Banner Health under an operating agreement with Pima County. Our specialty services include inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, treatment and education for diabetes, innovative geriatrics care and comprehensive orthopedics.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position works as a member of the food service team on one or more assignments in cleaning, food preparation, patient trayline or retail caf. Provides service and assistance to patients, staff and other customers in accordance with established dietary and retail cafe policies and procedures.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Sets up work station and prepares all assigned foods and nourishments in the correct quantities, following established procedures, portion control and food quality standards. Assures that food presentation continually meets standards.

2. Cleans and sanitizes dishes, flatware, trays, cups, glasses and cooking utensils. Also cleans and sanitizes designated equipment and kitchen areas disposing of all waste materials. Monitors dish machine temperature.

3. Maintains par levels of foods and/or supplies in assigned areas, orders and/or restocks items in accordance with established routines, rotates food stocks, checks expiration dates.

4. Checks and records food and equipment temperatures according to defined procedures, and reports any discrepancies to the supervisor.

5. May deliver meals, nourishments, late trays and/or tube feedings to units; return excess nourishments as requested. May also assist in catering or special event service.

6. May handle transactions at cash register (if applicable) and/or cafe.

7. This position interacts with other food service department personnel, hospital staff, patients and families. Requires the ability to follow a work routine with regular supervision, to work quickly and correctly while providing good customer service and maintaining sanitation standards. The work requires the ability to follow instructions and guidelines for the use of cleaning chemicals and be able to work in physical contact with them.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

This position requires the ability to learn and follow established policy and procedures, read and understand written and verbal instruction, to communicate effectively and to provide customer service.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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