Food Service Worker (Casual - Weekends)

Hennepin Healthcare has an opening for a casual Food Service Worker in the hospital Kitchen/Cafeteria. This role will work every other weekend (day/evening shifts).

SUMMARY

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

RESPONSIBILITIES

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 stations
• Serves food
• Prepares patient food trays
• 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

QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Qualifications:

• High school diploma
• Some college helpful but not required
• Over three months to one year experience in hospital food service
• OR-
• An approved equivalent combination of education and experience