Food Service Worker

Job Title : Food Service Worker

Job Description

Assembles tray carts ('Tradeout') of patient lunch and dinner meal trays for patient care units utilizing information from patient selections and the patient’s diet orders prior to re-thermalization in a refrigerated environment.

Customizes patient meal tray (., requested drinks, desserts, and / or rolls) prior to taking to patient care unit.

• Sets up patient food service stations on the tray-line for breakfast meal trays according to tally sheets or established par levels and assists in the assembly of patient breakfast trays.
• Delivers meal trays and snacks to patients on assigned units. Replaces missing items and offers alternative selections for undesired items for patients on regular diets, checking with the Hospitality Service Office for those on restricted diets.

Refills hot beverages and condiments from hospitality cart. Informs unit-nursing staff of refused trays, missing trays called for, or patients that were not in room.

Documents food and liquid intake for selected patients.

Retrieves meal trays from the patients' rooms and patient care unit kitchens ensuring that there are no personal items left on the tray.

Strips food carts and breakfast meal trays; sorts and rinses dishes and silverware as preparation to their being washed.

Assists in the washing of breakfast dishes / trays.

Delivers menus to patients on assigned units, explains menu process to patient and assists the patient, as necessary, in completing menu selections ensuring that the proper condiments are noted for the selections the patient has made.

Recommends selections or offers alternative selections (from write-in list) when the patient does not select from the menu.

Ensures every patient has been contacted by completing the host round sheet for the unit. Returns completed menus and host round sheets to the Hospitality Service Office.

• Checks with the Hospitality Service Office for new admissions or diet changes for assigned units, takes new menus and diet awareness cards to patients, and returns to office with completed menus.
• Completes request for and delivers NOW trays / meals, discharged trays, guest trays, and isolation trays, securing appropriate unit nursing staff sign-off prior to delivery to patient.
• Inventories and stocks the hospitality cart and / or hospitality basket. Delivers bulk nourishments to units as requested.

Provides clerical support to the Hospitality Service Office, including answering the telephone and following-up on requests and problems communicated by the unit-based Hospitality team.

Produces standard computer reports, including meal tallies, diet orders, nourishment labels, patient meal tray tickets, and patient menus using the computer system.

Enters patient selections and appropriate special food preferences (for patients on therapeutic diets).

Attends and may assist in departmental in-services.

Required Skills

• Must have experience working in a restaurant / kitchen environment.
• Must have customer service experience.
• Must be comfortable with hospital compliance and onboarding process.

Available Shifts

• 6 : 00am-2 : 30pm
• 2 : 00 PM - 10 : 30 PM
• All employees will need to work every other weekend.

About Aerotek :

We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity.

As a Best of Staffing Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees.

Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year.

Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at .

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.