Per Diem Food Service Worker

Per Diem Opportunities

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada's highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients. UMC is home to Nevada's ONLY Nonprofit Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Multi-Organ Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Position Summary: Perform non-food preparation and cleanup duties in the kitchen and cafeterias. Duties include serving as a cashier; busing tables; stocking shelves and condiment containers; cleaning kitchens, dishes and cafeterias; and, emptying trash containers.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience: Equivalent to graduation from high school and six (6) months of food services experience.

Licensing/Certification Requirements: Valid Clark County Health District card.

Additional Position Requirements

1) At least six (6) months of recent (within the past 5 years) food service experience busing tables, stocking shelves and condiment containers; cleaning kitchens, dishes, and cafeterias; and emptying trash containers; 2) Available to work any shift.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Knowledge of: Basic mathematical computations; department and hospital safety practices and procedures; patient rights; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.

Skill in: Counting money and making change; applying customer service techniques; communicating effectively with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Mobility to work in a typical culinary setting and use standard hand and power equipment, stamina to remain standing and/or walk for extended periods of time; vision to read printed materials; and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in-person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.

Benefits

Per Diem and Temporary Employees are not eligible to receive benefits. THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER