Trayline Attendant

Job Title: Trayline Attendant

Job Description

The Trayline Attendant prepares, assembles, and delivers patient meal trays in a hospital setting, ensuring every tray accurately reflects each patient’s dietary needs. This role supports the food service team by keeping the trayline organized, clean, and efficient, while providing courteous and responsive service to patients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Assemble patient meal trays according to prescribed diet orders, portion guidelines, and established standards.
• Verify that each tray matches the patient’s dietary restrictions, including allergies and texture‑modified diets.
• Deliver meal trays to patient units in a timely and courteous manner.
• Collect used trays from patient units and return them to the appropriate area for cleaning.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of the trayline, equipment, and surrounding work areas.
• Restock supplies such as utensils, condiments, beverages, and meal components to ensure continuous trayline operations.
• Assist in the dishroom as needed, including handling dishes, utensils, and foodservice equipment in a safe and sanitary manner.
• Follow all food safety, sanitation, and infection control procedures.
• Provide friendly, professional customer service to patients, visitors, and staff.
• Collaborate with team members to support smooth and efficient foodservice operations.
• Participate in occasional outside activities and events that require foodservice support, as needed.

Essential Skills

• Experience in food service or food preparation, such as waitress, waiter, server, food prep, or food services worker roles.
• Hands-on experience in foodservice operations, including food prep, line cook work, or food production.
• Ability to follow detailed diet orders, portion guidelines, and dietary restrictions accurately.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure correct meal assembly and adherence to dietary requirements.
• Customer service skills with the ability to provide friendly and professional interactions with patients and staff.
• Capability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment while maintaining cleanliness and organization.
• Willingness and ability to work rotating weekends and holidays, as well as varied shifts including evenings and extended hours as needed.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Previous experience as a waitress, waiter, server, food prep, or food services worker.
• Experience in roles such as cashier, cook, chef, or line cook within a foodservice environment.
• Familiarity with hospital or healthcare foodservice operations is a plus.
• Comfort working both in an indoor hospital setting and occasionally supporting outside activities and events.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to working with a diverse team.

Why Work Here?

You will work in a brand-new, state-of-the-art hospital with modern design and open spaces that support a pleasant and efficient work experience. Support services have full control of policies and procedures at this location, giving the team autonomy and a clear voice in how operations run. The new facility creates meaningful opportunities for growth and advancement into leadership roles for high-performing team members.

Work Environment

This role is based primarily in an indoor hospital setting with access to modern, state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, and may occasionally involve participation in outside activities and events. The position includes rotating weekends and holidays, with the potential for evenings and extended hours based on business needs. The environment is fast-paced and team-oriented, with a strong focus on cleanliness, organization, food safety, and patient-centered service.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lancaster, PA.

The pay range for this position is $16.36 - $16.36/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Lancaster,PA.

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 26, 2026.

About Aerotek

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.