Cafe Associate - Nutritional Services

Position Overview

The Food and Nutrition Services Café Associate performs a variety of tasks that facilitate the provision of food services and nutrition support to patients, employees and visitors. Working with other employees with a team attitude; performing duties in a clean and organized manner. Duties are performed in accordance with Singing River Health System procedures and policies, accreditation organization, and governing guidance and publications for health care employees.

Education

• Vocational / Technical training preferred.
• Completion of a Food Safety Course preferred.

Experience

• 6 months food service experience preferred;
• previous experience in hospital food services highly preferred.

Physical Demands

• Work is moderately active: involves sitting with frequent requirements to move about the office, move about the facility, and to travel to another facility within the SRHS service area.
• Work involves exerting a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Employee is responsible for safely moving, lifting and handling all supplies, equipment and patients, with assistance, up to 40 pounds.
• Expected to use safe lifting practices in all areas of job performance and employees are responsible to request help whenever needed, regardless of the weight, using available assistance, i.e. lifting devices or additional staff.

Mental Demands

• Must demonstrate keen mental faculties/assessment and decision making abilities.
• Must demonstrate superior communication/speaking/enunciation skills to receive and give information in person and by telephone.
• Must demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must possess emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress levels.
• Must demonstrate ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task in complex situations is required.

Special Demands

• Must possess superior customer service skills and professional etiquette.
• Must possess proficient knowledge and ability to use a computer (must be keyboard proficient) and other office technology (i.e., telephone, fax, etc.), MS Outlook and Word.