Food Services Utility Aide, Full Time, Days

Utility Aide

Baystate Health, a nationally recognized leader in healthcare quality and safety, is looking for a Full Time Utility Aide to join our Food and Nutrition Services team in Springfield, MA.

Schedule:

• Full Time, 1st Shift, 40 hours/week
• Working hours typically run between 6AM-2:30PM
• Rotating holidays and weekends may be required

Location:

• Baystate Main Campus, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA

The Advantages Of Working With Baystate!

• Excellent Compensation
• High-quality, low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous PTO – up to 25 days in the first year, with scheduled earned increases
• Continuing education support and reimbursement
• First Time Home Buyers Financial Packages
• Farm Share Memberships
• 403b retirement company match & annual company contribution increase based on years of service
• Free money coach advice from a certified professional
• Wellbeing programs that include but limited to mental, physical, and financial health
• Pet, home, auto, and personal insurance
• Life insurance
• Reimbursement for a variety of wellbeing activities, included but limited to gym membership and equipment, personal trainer, massage and so much more!

Baystate Health, western Massachusetts' only academic center and tertiary care provider, has a long and proud tradition of continuous learning and improvement. We educate and train hundreds of healthcare workers every year and advance knowledge about new approaches to care. Together our inspired and compassionate teams manage the whole health needs of all communities in need.

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years' experience in a retail restaurant setting highly preferred
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to multitask
• Computer literate
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

Our Compensation Philosophy

We offer competitive total compensation that includes pay, benefits, and other recognition programs for our employees. The base pay range considers the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including knowledge/skills; relevant experience and training; education/certifications/licensure; and other business and organizational factors. This base pay range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any incentive payments that may be applicable to this role.

Summary:

Under the direction of the Supervisor, Utility Aides and/or Manager of Production/Executive Chef the Utility Aide performs a variety of tasks related to the support of the operations of a professional kitchen. These tasks include: tray assembly, delivery, mechanical and/or hand washing of all Food Service plate ware, utensils, equipment and pots/pans. The Utility Aide is responsible for maintaining quality, cleanliness, and ongoing sanitation of all Dish room and Food Service Production areas. Duties include but are not limited to: assembling trays for patient meal consumption, delivery of carts with assembled trays, retrieval of carts with soiled trays, cleaning of all plate ware, utensils, equipment, floors, and pots/pans. The Utility Aide is expected to deliver high quality services to patients, guests, co-workers, visitors, and other customers of Baystate Health System.

Job Responsibilities:

• Safe, sanitary food safety and equipment techniques. Use of gloves when setting up trays, following policies for effective use of mechanical cleaning of plates, pots and pans and silverware.
• Able to perform all five main dish-room tasks. Tray assembly, cart delivery/retrieval (that includes knowledge of all units in hospital), tray removal, loading and unloading. Use of conveyor-type dish machine.
• Accurately assembles patient meal trays that are in compliance with diet orders and food allergies. Practices safe food handling including maintaining appropriate food temperature, hand washing, and personal hygiene. Utilizes First In, First Out rotation system.
• Maintains temperature, QC, and QA logs as directed by HACCP, JCAHO, and DPH regulations, and Executive Chef or designee directives.
• Cleans and sanitizes all equipment and floors at end of night or shift. Safe use of chemicals used in dish room. Follows Quality Assurance charts for accurate ratio of water to chemicals used for sanitizing where applicable.
• Team player in a fast paced environment.
• Able to work independently with little supervision.
• Perform other duties/assignments that are necessary without advanced notice in a fast paced kitchen environment to include: food prep, special cleaning projects, etc.

We strive to be the place where we can help you build the career you deserve – apply with your resume today – YOU belong at Baystate!

Education:

• GED or HiSET

Certifications:

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Baystate Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.