Food Service Worker - Floater

Food Service Worker

The Food Service Worker is responsible for preparing and/or building food items while providing customer service and adhering to food safety, food handling, and sanitation procedures. Food Service Worker is also required to perform Dishwasher duties.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Prepares daily salads and desserts for patients, cafeteria and catering functions.
• Delivers and sets-up salad and dessert stations for daily lunch meal.
• Assures that tray line begins on time and proper portions are served per diet order.
• Supports patient meal/snack service by ensuring tray line begins on time and proper portions are served per diet order.
• Delivers meals with minimal delays and provides patient assistance with tray set up.
• Collects meal trays from patient bed side according to established time periods.
• Operates cash register accurately entering all cash and charge sales.
• Collects and verifies cash register bank as well as delivers and verifies daily cash deposits to accounting.
• Daily sets-up cafeteria for meal service, stocking paper goods, re-stocking chips, crackers, juices, milk and condiments.
• Sweeps and mops daily, wipe down dining room tables, chairs and booths daily.
• Assists with daily preparation of food items per prep and production sheet.
• Pre prepares all food items per preparation and production sheets for patient and cafeteria meal service for next day.
• Serves on tray line in assigned position. Performs tasks to facilitate work flow on tray line.
• Follows all guidelines for proper cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and utensils
• Strips carts and trays; sorts and rinses dishes and silverware.
• Loads, operates and unloads dishwasher.
• Checks dish machine temperature.
• Collects and disposes of trash and debris into proper, facility waste receptacles.
• Adheres to "clean as you go" principles.
• Understands and is able to demonstrate knowledge of HACCP(Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) principles.
• Performs adjustments to work assignments as necessary to achieve efficient and effective unit operation.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) preferred but not required
• One year of job-related prior experience required
• Food Handler certificate required
• Serve safe or TAP food handler certification required

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate in Spanish is helpful
• Ability to provide daily service to customers
• Knowledgeable in the use of computers
• Able to read and write in order to communicate ideas and information to others.
• Able to operate foodservice equipment
• Demonstrates knowledge of food safety and sanitation principles

Physical Demands:

• Sit or stand for a prolonged period of time.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to lift and transfer up to 75 pounds with assistance.
• Requires the ability to push, bend, stretch and walk at least one hour.
• Must be able to lift above the shoulder level or below the knee level.
• Requires clarity of vision, ability to hear and speak.
• Must be able to focus on specific tasks despite "noisy environment"
• Requires an extremely demanding level of attention.
• Requires use of hands to carry, type, cook, etc.
• Understands that there may be some risk of exposure to air and blood borne pathogens.
• Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) when required, such as mask, gown and gloves.

This position is classified as non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Employees in non-exempt positions are entitled to receive overtime pay for any hours worked over 40 in a workweek in accordance with state and federal regulations.

Touchette Regional Hospital is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.