What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Services Assistant - Good Samaritan Hospital - Days/Evening position at WellSpan Health Services?
Full time (80 hours biweekly)
Monday - Friday Starting as early as 545am or working as late as 8pm (Flex)
Weekend and holiday rotation
Starting pay rate: $17.00/hr pay for experience
General Summary
Performs a variety of routine duties related to the preparation and serving of food, along with cleanup tasks, including provides outstanding customer service to patients, staff, and visitors; assembles and delivers patient trays; prepares equipment, foods and beverages and restocks for service in the cafeteria and other retail/café locations; cleans up after meals following established practices and procedures. May operate cash register as needed including receiving payments, balancing the cash drawer after each meal and compiling information for required reports.
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Works on central tray line and assists with patient tray set up and preparation.
- Sets up and serves patient trays in accordance with established schedule and procedures.
- Prepares, loads, transports, and cleans food carts.
- Prepares and sets up steam table, serving line and menu board. Obtains and places dishes, serving utensils, hot and cold foods, baked goods, beverages, desserts, and condiments.
- Reviews menu and prep sheets and assembles food and supplies as needed for daily salad and cold foods preparation.
- Prepares salad mixes and sandwich spreads such as tuna, chicken and egg salad, involving tasks such as selecting, measuring, grinding, slicing, and mixing ingredients.
- Prepares salad plates and tossed salads by portioning out mixes and adding salad vegetables as well as cutting and mixing the various salad vegetables.
- Prepares sandwiches, subs, wraps, salads and specialty items as directed.
- Prepares hand crafted beverages and specialty drinks as directed.
- Washes and cuts vegetables and fruits according to procedures.
- Alerts supervisor to problems and needs concerning equipment and food supplies. Detects and reports spoiled or unattractive food, defective supplies/equipment, or other unusual conditions.
- Carries dishes and foods between kitchen and serving lines and serves food as directed.
- Operates dishwasher or manually washes all dishes and utensils in accordance to established policies and procedures.
- Participates in post-meal cleanup tasks as assigned or directed.
- Collects, processes, and disposes of trash, cans, bottles, and similar debris and transports to disposal area.
Common Expectations:
- Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
- Participates in training, educational programs and in-service meetings.
- Provides outstanding customer service to all patient, staff and customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
- Wipes off counters and tables; arranges, rearranges, and replenishes items as needed.
- Cleans the kitchen area and cooking utensils.
- Operates cash register, as needed, including receiving payment from visitors and staff, balancing the cash drawer after each meal and compiling information for required reports. Assists with care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies.
Benefits Offered:
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Short-term disability
- Education assistance
- Financial education and support, including DailyPay
- Wellness and Wellbeing programs
- Caregiver support via Wellthy & Childcare referral service via Wellthy
WellSpan Health’s vision is to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions throughout our continuum of care. As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Our high-performing Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region’s largest and one of the best in the nation. With a team 23,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions. Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
For more than 125 years, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital has provided leading-edge inpatient, outpatient, and emergent care to the Lebanon County community. One of eight premier hospitals in the WellSpan system, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital features an award-winning cardiac and vascular center, a certified Primary Stroke Center, and a wound care and hyperbaric medicine center, while providing a supportive continuum of care through our extensive WellSpan primary, specialty, ambulatory, and behavioral health care locations within the community. WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital is supported by the nearby WellSpan Sechler Family Cancer Center, Lebanon’s first and only integrated cancer center. WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital was one of several WellSpan Health hospitals honored by U.S. News & World Report with the High Performing recognition for 2022-23.
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital serves as the cornerstone of care for a total population of nearly 142,000 residents living in the rural and urban mix of Lebanon County. A full-service, acute-care hospital, with a 163 licensed bed capacity, admitting approximately 7,000 patients annually. We offer open heart procedures, comprehensive cardiac care, total joint replacements, private labor and delivery birthing suites, robotic surgery, and emergency care.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
- None Required
- High School Diploma or GED Preferred
Work Experience:
- Up to 1 month experience. Required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to read, write, understand and speak English at a level which enables the individual to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job.
- Excellent interpersonal/communications skills and customer service skills.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions and established procedures.
Salary : $17
