Food Service Specialist

Job Description:

Posting Specifics

• Entry Rate: $15.50/hour + depending on experience
• Benefits Eligible: Yes (Health, Vision, & Dental Insurance, 401(K), education assistance, + many more)
• Shift Details: Full-time, 36 hours/week. This position could work any day of the week. Shifts are 7 p.m. - 3:30 a.m. or 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
• Department: Culinary Services

Perks of Working for Intermountain

• Discounted transit / commuter pass
• Meal discounts
• 24/7 on-site, state-of-the art fitness centers at many facilities (about $5 per month) including group fitness classes at select facilities
• Health and Wellness Programs including a Live Well Incentive Program
• 401(k) 2% for all caregivers with additional matching up to 4%
• Over 302,000 discount offers across 10,000 cities on everything from pizza, the zoo, movie tickets, car rentals, and hotels
• Education Assistance (must be benefits eligible)
• Tuition Loan Assistance for full-time caregivers (available for select positions), up to $3,000 per calendar year
• Education and Development Opportunities
• Employee Appreciation Events (including a yearly gift)
• Many facilities have full-service cafés, gift shops, and ATMs onsite
• CNA Scholarships and Tuition Assistance available for select certification (must be benefits eligible + employed by Intermountain Healthcare for 90 days) call 800-283-4550 (Option 2) or visit https://www.gwcu.org/CNAScholarship
• Cell Phone Discounts (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile)
• Discounted Lagoon Amusement Park Tickets

Perks of Living in St. George

• Averages 260 days of sunshine per year!
• Incredible outdoor recreation including: Zion National Park, Sand Hollow State Park, Quail Hollow State Park, Snow Canyons State Park, Gunlock Reservoir, Toquerville Falls, Beaver Dam State Park, Pioneer Park, Red Cliffs Recreation Area
• Tuacahn Amphitheater – built into the natural red rock, outdoor concerts and plays
• Dixie State University - sporting events, concerts, and plays
• Rocky Mountain Vista University (PA, DO, MD programs)
• Kayenta Art Village
• SunTran Discount bus passes
• St. George Children’s Museum
• Balloon Festivals
• 1 hour to Pink Coral Sand Dunes
• 3 hours to Lake Powell, Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyons
• 4 hours to Grand Canyon North Rim
• 30 minutes to Mesquite, Nevada (great golfing and gambling) and 2-3 hour drive to Las Vegas

Job Essentials

1. Obtains food and/or supplies from storeroom.
2. Delivers and presents trays to patients using patient identifier process.
3. Stocks and cleans.
4. Independently resolves customer service issues.
5. Performs accurate cash/credit transactions according to corporate standards.
6. Balances and reconciles drawer.
7. Knows menu, portion, and price prior to meal service to provide appropriate service to customers, including answering questions and serving food.
8. Sets up and services catered functions according to requested level and scope of service.
9. Performs food preparation functions (following standard recipe, assembling ingredients), for example, prepares salads, sandwiches, vegetables, and fruit.
10. Understands modified diets and prepares modified recipes using appropriate techniques.
11. Maintains an organized and sanitary working environment.
12. Maintains proper quantities of production with appropriate rotation of product.
13. Performs housekeeping functions including cleaning and sanitizing surfaces, floor care, and equipment (oven, fryer, hoods).
14. Follows HACCP standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Food Handler's Permit (as required by the County).
• Demonstrated excellent customer service skills.
• Demonstrated ability to read, write, and communicate effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to follow instructions.
• Demonstrated ability to handle problems and difficult situations.
• Demonstrated basic math skills.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of food service or cashier experience.
• Hospital food service experience.
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Interact with patients and co-workers requiring the employee to verbally communicate information, as well as understand spoken information.
• Operate food service equipment or computer requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
• See and read labels, monitors, and documents.
• Carry, push/pull, and walk while transporting food, supplies, and service equipment.
• Climb, squat, kneel, and lift to clean equipment and reach and retrieve food and supplies.
• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator, and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

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