FOOD SERVICE WORKER |FOOD & NUTRITION | PART-TIME EVENING SHIFT 3:45PM - 7:45PM (24822)

About the Role

Join our team at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, where we are dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate care to our diverse community. We offer a supportive and inclusive work environment for those passionate about making a difference in a collaborative setting.

Responsibilities

• Assembles prepared food on trays for general and therapeutic diets; prepares special therapeutic nourishments and snacks (e.g., slices fruits, mixes pre-packaged liquid nourishments).
• Maintains tray line in a clean, neat, and orderly manner.
• Delivers food trucks to patient floors as specified; returns trucks to dish room at designated times.
• Tends and loads dish machines in patient and employee dish rooms; may wash certain items, such as pots and pans, by hand.
• Delivers clean dishes and utensils to proper kitchen unit.
• Cleans and sanitizes work areas, walk-in storage areas, and refrigerators.
• Cleans and sanitizes equipment, disassembling and re-assembling as required; mops floors and performs special cleaning duties assigned by supervisor.
• Transports food and supplies in bulk from location to location.
• Collects, processes, and disposes of trash and garbage as needed and directed.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Provides customer service with respect, flexibility, knowledge, confidence, professionalism, pleasant attitude, patience, and helpfulness; ensures all responses are timely, professional, caring, and respectful in accordance with Customer Service Performance expectations.
• Understands and adheres to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct.
• Familiar with the Medical Center’s Mission, Vision, and Values Statements.
• May serve food in a variety of settings such as patient rooms, patient dining rooms, cafeteria, and catered functions.
• Maintains simple tallies and logs (e.g., time of delivery, food temperatures on delivery) as required.
• Participates in educational programs and in-service meetings.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 6 months previous food service experience preferred.
• Speaks, reads, and writes English to the extent required by the position.

Job Setting / Physical Demands

• Works on patient floors, cafeteria, and kitchens.
• Exposed to heat, wetness, odors in kitchen and/or patient areas.
• Exposed to varying degrees of kitchen elements such as steam, electricity, sharp knives, and cutting equipment.
• Moderate physical effort required, including lifting light to heavy objects and pushing carts.
• Frequent prolonged standing/walking.

Pay

$19.00 per hour with differentials: $1.00 extra for evening, night, and weekend shifts.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Generous time off policy with ample vacation days, personal time, sick leave, and nine paid holidays.
• Robust tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs to support ongoing development.