Job Summary:

Participates in and supports all aspects of healthcare foodservice operations. Works with facility staff to provide optimal nutritional care and demonstrates excellent customer service to patients, guests and staff.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities:

1. Follows healthcare foodservice industry standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage processes. Avoids cross-contamination of foods and adheres to personal hygiene requirements. Maintains proper labeling of food products and ensures storage of food equipment, and machinery per regulations & facility guidelines. 

2. Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu & dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment. Maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests. 

3. Follows organizational standards and guidelines for a high quality patient and customer experience. Ensures proper meal portioning and an aesthetically pleasing presentation. 

4. May be responsible for one or more of the following: 

5. • Cashiering

   • Serving in the retail area

   • Assembling, delivering and retrieving patient trays

   • Performing cold food prep

   • Performing utility assignments (e.g., dishwashing, washing pots & pans, maintaining equipment)

   • Performing catering functions and or delivering/picking up catered food

   • Supporting inventory maintenance duties

   • Performing general cleaning of equipment and work areas (e.g., mopping, sweeping, emptying trash cans, etc.) 

   • Performing other duties as assigned by leader

Required Qualifications:

• No experience necessary. 
• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

St. Elizabeth Community Hospital provides state-of-the-art health care to the North State communities. This award-winning facility is a member of the Dignity Health system of health care providers and is a not-for-profit medical center. Located in picturesque Tehama County, St. Elizabeth offers 76 licensed beds, a trauma level III emergency department, comprehensive surgical services and a progressive Family Birth Center. St. Elizabeth Community Hospital has earned a Grade "A" from The Leapfrog Group for quality and safety for six consecutive award periods, and has built a reputation for excellence in orthopedics, family-centered maternity care and emergency services. St. Elizabeth is a sister facility to Mercy Medical Center Redding and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta, and is committed to providing the highest quality, compassionate care available. For more information visit here https://www.dignityhealth.org/north-state/locations/stelizabethhospital.

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