Food Service Associate Job at The University of Kansas Health System
The University of Kansas Health System Kansas City, KS 66160
Position Title
COVID-19 and flu vaccines are required for all health system employees.
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Position Summary / Career Interest:
The Food Service Worker position may perform one or more functions including, but not limited to, building patient meal trays; preparing fruits and vegetables; preparing and serving hot and cold food items for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (in addition to grab-and-go items); delivering patient trays to assigned areas; serving retail customers; and dishwashing activities. The Food Service Worker must be knowledgeable about food items and respond to patient and customer inquiries with the correct information.
Responsibilities:
- Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
- Performs duties in one of the following department units: Food Production, Cafeteria (Main or Cambridge), Doctor’s Lounge, Trayline, or Support Services.
- Cross-trained to perform in one or more of the units and/or stations within the primary unit.
- Maintains food/product/supply quality and safety following HACCP and department standards.
- Operates, monitors, and cleans any equipment used to perform job duties following directions and unit standards.
- Maintains orderliness, safety, and sanitation of work and/or service area(s), according to unit standards and work station assignment.
- During periods of downtime in primary unit, assists in another unit according to assignment or at request of supervisor. (Examples: portioning and wrapping patient food items, serving on the Cafeteria hot line, loading or unloading the dish machine.)
- Duties according to assigned unit include (not an exhaustive list):
- Trayline, Support Service: Delivers and retrieves food carts for patient food service.
- Food Production: Test and evaluate new recipes.
- Food Production, Trayline, Cafeteria: Adjusts work hours to early or late to help with food production, patient meal service, or service in the Cafeteria.
- Dishwashing: Load and unload the dish machine.
- Demonstrates competence in the areas of critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills.
- Demonstrates ability to provide care/service safely and efficiently to each patient.
- Assists with on-the-job training of new employees.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Required:
- Prior food service experience
- Read, write and speak English
- Simple math
Preferred:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Experience in a hospital or long-term care facility
Time Type:
Full time
Job Requisition ID:
R-12264
We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.
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