Food Service Worker

Job Title: Food Service Worker

Location: RWJUH Rahway Hospital

Department Name: Dietary-Management

Req #: 0000271146

Status: Hourly

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $18.26 - $18.26 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

At RWJBarnabas Health, our Food and Nutrition team helps provide patients, visitors, and staff with quality meals prepared and served with care. As a Food Service Worker, you'll support food preparation, tray assembly, and meal delivery while following HACCP and food safety standards. This is a hands-on opportunity for someone who enjoys working as part of a team and takes pride in providing safe, quality food in a healthcare environment.

In this role, you'll be:

• Preparing and portioning desserts, soups, cereals, garnishes, and other items needed for the assembly line.

• Stocking the assembly line with food and supplies from production areas and walk-in cold storage.

• Following established portion guidelines and using the appropriate serving utensils for tray line items.

• Monitoring food temperatures and following procedures for maintaining items within acceptable temperature ranges.

• Storing food appropriately before and after meal service and following first-in, first-out storage procedures.

• Preparing desserts and other designated items in advance for the following day.

• Operating and cleaning food service equipment, including reach-in refrigerators, juice machines, assembly lines, workstations, blenders, and coffee machines.

• Reading patient names and room locations and correctly identifying patients using hospital wristband identification before delivering trays.

• Delivering meal trays to patient rooms and picking up trays following meal service.

• Following HACCP standards and established food safety, sanitation, and departmental procedures.

• Completing required annual safety, physical, food service, and mandatory education requirements.

• You enjoy hands-on food preparation and working in a fast-paced food service environment.

• You pay close attention to food safety, temperatures, portion sizes, and sanitation standards.

• You are comfortable learning to safely operate and clean a variety of food service equipment.

• You are organized and can help keep food, supplies, and workstations properly stocked and stored.

• You understand the importance of accurately identifying patients when delivering meal trays.

• You enjoy working as part of a team to provide quality food and service to patients, visitors, and staff.

To Be Considered

To be considered for this position, candidates must have cooking experience and successfully complete all assigned mandatory education. Candidates should be able to follow HACCP standards and established procedures for food preparation, portioning, temperature control, storage, sanitation, tray assembly, and patient meal delivery. The ability to safely operate and clean assigned food service equipment and accurately identify patients prior to tray delivery is essential.