Food Service Attendant

Job Opportunity

Reference #: JR25-20487

This position performs a wide variety of routine tasks to include kitchen, stores, patient tray line, employee cafeteria, and dish and pot washing areas.

Preferred Qualifications

Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED)

Experience:

• Food Service experience

Core Duties and Responsibilities

The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Prepares and cooks foods for patients, employees and catering functions, including measuring and mixing ingredients, adjusting thermostats, monitoring food at all levels, etc.
2. Participates in the assembly and service of patient and non-patient meals, including stocking and serving the patient tray lines, taking food temperatures, preparing and serving in cafeteria and special functions, etc.
3. Cleans and sanitizes dishes and pots.
4. Operates and maintains cash register. Ensures that register skips balance.
5. Sets up and replenishes salad bar. Maintains cleanliness for cafeteria.
6. Provides patient service related clerical duties.
7. Assists in cleaning and maintaining equipment and work areas.
8. Verbalizes the specific ages of patients served within the Hospital and can make application when necessary.
9. Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Frequent walking, standing, bending, squatting, reaching, and twisting.
2. Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.

Working Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Standard cafeteria environment with exposure to excessive noise, heat, and cold.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously.
• Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job.
• Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and solutions is necessary.
• Ability to apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.