Food Service Worker (0.2 FTE) - Evenings, Every Other Weekend

Food Service Position

Responsible for providing quality meals to patients using principles of good nutrition and food safety.

- Prepares and delivers coffee to requesting departments

- Arranges food to be served

- Prepares food stations for meal service

- Maintains supply of food and garnishes at services

- Serves food

- Prepares patient food tray

- May cart food to patient's bedside

- Performs basic food preparation such as washing and sectioning fruit, slicing meat, preparing salads and salad dressings, gelatin desserts, etc

- Makes sandwiches

- Prepares beverages

- May grill items such as sandwiches, eggs, and pancakes

- May retrieve carts on hospital floors, cleans work station and immediate area

- Sorts, scrapes, clears, stacks, loads and unloads dishes, silverware, trays, glasses etc

- Clears, stacks and washes dishes, trays, and glasses

- May operate dish washing equipment

- May operate and/or clean kitchen appliances such as coffee urns, toasters and dispensers

- Cleans dining area and tables

- Maintains eating utensil supplies for dining patrons

- Washes, cleans and sanitizes pots, pans, utensils, food preparation and sanitation equipment; cleans kitchen utensils

- Prepares refuse for pick-up

- Accurately portions food and beverages

- Assembles and plates entrees, salads and sandwiches

- Sorts and bags silver

- Removes from freezer and thaws food and beverages and places into refrigerated rooms

- Can make a determination of standard and substandard products

- Assures proper food handling and presentation

- Performs related work as required

- Visits all ages of patients daily in assigned area for menu selection and to conduct patient satisfaction surveys

- Obtain menu selections directly from patients using electronic tablet

- Checks tray line daily for accuracy of menus as served to patients

- Conducts test trays for quality and accuracy of trays as served to patients

- Prepares menus for serving area in accordance with current diet orders

- Some positions may perform cashier duties including cash handling and ensuring accuracy of cash drawers, to include receiving and paying out monies and balancing their drawer at the end of a shift