Food Service Associate Days

POSITION PURPOSE

Requisitions supplies and replenishes inventory. Hot and cold food production for retail services. Maintains sanitary and organized environment. Practices and abides by food codes and applicable regulatory and accrediting agency requirements to provide safe food to our customers. Serves customers in a professional manner with great customer service.

Essential Functions

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
• Hot and cold food production for retail sales.
• Sliced fruit, vegetables, desserts, meats for retail production and sales.
• Sets up for café sales- stock food and paper products.
• Checks food temperatures frequently throughout shift. Documents temperatures on applicable forms. Notifies Supervisor immediately of any food out of compliance.
• Maintains refrigeration units in clean orderly condition, compliant with food codes and regulatory agencies.
• Requisitions, transports and replenishes foods and supplies to replenish the inventory in the café.
• Maintains refrigeration units in clean orderly condition, compliant with food codes and regulatory agencies.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary work area, the café serving and seating area, and equipment.
• Makes coffee, juice and smoothies; replenishes and cleans beverage-dispensing machines and areas.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.

Minimum Qualifications

• A high school diploma or GED preferred.
• Knowledge of several subjects in order to prepare reports, perform calculations and/or deal effectively with other people.
• Ability to read and write.
• Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.
• Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.

Physical And Mental Requirements And Working Conditions

• Possess physical strength to lift up to 40 pounds occasionally and up to 25 pounds frequently.
• Constantly stand for sustained periods of time.
• Frequent walking for long distances.
• Frequent talking to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Frequent hearing to perceive the nature of sounds at normal range.
• Frequent reaching to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Frequent pushing to use upper extremities to press against food carts, racks and bins with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Frequent pulling to use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion such as carts, racks and dish bins.
• Frequent grasping to apply pressure to scoops, spoons, dishes with fingers and palms to move object from position to position.
• Frequent stooping to bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Frequent crouching to bend the body downward and forward by bending the leg and spine to obtain objects or clean lower areas.
• Medium work: Exerting up to 40 pounds maximum infrequently and/or up to 25 pounds frequently to lift or move objects about and requiring prolonged walking/standing.
• Reading menus and recipes.
• Calculating amounts of food and supplies to requisition.
• Using proper measuring tools for portion control.
• Adaptability to performing repetitive work or to performing continuously the same work, according to set procedures, sequence or pace.
• Adaptability to performing under stress when confronted with emergency, critical or unusual situations, or situations in which working speed and sustained attention are important aspects of the job.
• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptability to dealing with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Ability to maintain both a high standard of courtesy and cooperation in dealing with co-workers, patients, and visitors and satisfactory job performance despite the stress of a hospital work environment.
• Must be able to set and organize one's own work priorities and adapt to them as they change frequently.
• Must be able to work concurrently on a variety of tasks/projects in an environment that may be stressful with individuals having diverse personalities and work styles.
• Must possess the ability to comply with Trinity Health policies and procedures.
• Must be able to travel to the various Trinity Health sites as needed.
• Subject to noise. There is sufficient noise at times to cause the worker to raise voice in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• Subject to food spills and wet spots on floor surfaces.
• Subject to inside environmental conditions: protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• Subject to cleaning products such as vinegar, detergent, bleach and household cleaners.
• Subject to steam from steam table, hot oil from fryer, hot water from coffee urns.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.