This position is eligible for a $500 sign-on bonus
At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate employees like you.
At SSM Waupun Memorial Hospital, we have a Food Service Associate opening on our Food Service Unit. This position is scheduled for 20 hours per week as a day shift.
Our Food Service Associates come from a diverse set of backgrounds, making SSM Health a great place both to share your own knowledge and, more broadly, to learn from your peers.
In return, you can expect a work environment where:
Employeesfeel valued, respected and free to express themselves;
Each employee finds meaning in work, leveraging skills and talents toward a greater purpose;
Teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, while management is supportive.
If you listen and respond with great care...
Then we'd love to learn more!Please fill out your application today.
Job Summary:
Performs duties relative to the preparation, portioning, serving and distribution of meals within the cafeteria and to patient units. Ensures safe food handling and sanitation standards are maintained. Duties may rotate among preparation, serving, distribution, stocking and clean up duties.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Sets up stations with entrees, soups, salads, breads, condiments, and all other food products and serving utensils to established portions. Replenishes as needed during meal service and breaks down at end of meal periods.
Reads patient meal orders according to prescribed diets, prepares trays according to menu cards. Reviews trays for completeness and places trays on carts or appropriate transport.
Transports food carts and late trays to designated areas. Ensures safe food handling and established infection control processes. Prepares and delivers dietary food stock for patient units.
Maintains a sanitary work environment through following established procedures. Ensures all equipment is maintained and in good working order.
Documents the temperature of specified foods and refrigerator/freezer units. Makes necessary adjustments and reports problems when temperature is out of range.
Retrieves used issued trays in a timely, efficient manner from the cafeteria and/or patient care units. Washes and sanitizes dishes using established methods and timeline. Puts clean dishes and utensils away in proper areas. Cleans work area, tables, cabinets, carts, and all other areas as assigned.
Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
No experience required
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Constant standing and walking.
Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent reaching and gripping.
Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
Frequent use of smell and taste to distinguish differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors.
Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
Occasional keyboard use/data entry.
Occasional driving.
Department:
90910045 FOOD SERVICE
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
20
SSM Health complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex.
