Food Service Assistant at West Tennessee Healthcare in Jackson, MS

Category: Support Services

City: Jackson State: Tennessee Shift: 8 - Other Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary: Responsible for assembly of patient trays, setting up and maintaining serving line and area, and keeping tray line area in a clean and orderly condition. Under the direct supervision of the Patient Service Managers, responsible for an assigned shift, five days per week.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Serves and replenishes food from counters and steam tables, and breaks down stations at the end of meal periods.
• Cleans and sanitizes workstations, counters, steam tables and other equipment.
• Performs dish room activities for ware washing, meeting timelines and regulatory requirements.
• Delivers food carts to nursing floors at each meal for distribution.
• Picks up trays from patient rooms following each meal bringing, returning carts to Food and Nutrition Service.
• Receives, sorts, washes, racks, shelves china and glassware and performs another cleaning as required.
• Properly stores, labels and dates food according to hospital safety and sanitation guidelines with 100% accuracy.
• Performs related responsibilities as required or directed.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• High School diploma or GED required.

LICENSURE, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION:

• None

EXPERIENCE:

• Six months to one year of experience in Health Care food service or related field preferred

NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE STATEMENT

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.