What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Service Associate position at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital?
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds 48 licensed critical care beds 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center the Lauren Small Childrens Center including the areas only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Care Center a Level II NICU the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center with Kern Countys first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.
Responsibilities
Position Summary:
The Food Service Associate under the direction of the Dietary Supervisor and/or Executive Chef performs duties in some or all of the areas of service in order to provide food services to patient and non-patient populations throughout the hospital and to all customers.
Duties may include but are not limited to working the cash register serving meals on the line in cafe or patient tray lines stocking refrigerators stocking all areas of the cafe cold prep washing pots and pans washing dishes mopping delivering trays to patients delivering to or picking up catering events and general cleaning in the Food & Nutrition Department.
Qualifications
Minimum Required:
- High School Diploma GED or equivalent technical training.
Special Skills:
- Ability to read write and speak English proficiently.
- Must be able to compute simple arithmetic: adding subtracting dividing and multiplying.
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions short correspondence and memos in the English language.
Preferred/Desired Requirements:
- Experience in fast-paced food service industry including cashiering restaurant fast food or industrial food service or equivalent technical education preferred
- Attended or completed a culinary program at a college or technical school preferred
- ServeSafe Certification desirable but not mandatory
This position is represented by SEIU United Healthcare Worker
Salary : $16 - $20
