Food Service Attendant

Food Service Attendant

JOB-10043013

Anticipated Start Date

January 19, 2026

Location

Newark, DE

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. They are nationally recognized as a great place to work and the best health system to work for in the United States. Rated by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and continually ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, and other national quality ratings. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, they are shaping the future of health care.

Job Summary

We are looking for individuals to join our client’s team as Food Service Attendant - Trayline. You will fulfill sanitation needs of the department including ware washing, pot sink and utility functions.

Job Description

• Demonstrates ability to assemble patient meals with a high degree of accuracy and speed in accordance with the menu, utilizing appropriate serving utensils and portion control.
• Items are placed in the correct position on the meal tray.
• Understands and demonstrates the ability to assemble trays for modified diets.
• Able to differentiate between regular, modified food, and liquids.
• Demonstrates knowledge of operation and care of basic food service equipment including dish machine, pot sink, and sanitation stations.
• Efficiently operates dish machine and all necessary ware washing equipment.
• Demonstrates ability to read dish machine temperatures. Records temperatures according to procedures.
• Operates pot washing area by using proper cleaning and sanitizing solutions.
• Adheres to pot procedures and appropriately stores pots and utensils.
• Appropriately tests pH of pot sink sanitizer.
• Demonstrates appropriate sanitation practices; uses chemicals according to intended use and portion amounts, follows proper pot washing and mopping procedures, maintains clean work area, removes trash in a timely manner, uses can liners, disposes of cardboard boxes to appropriate disposal area.
• Demonstrates ability to comply with Company safety requirements, State Board of Health requirements, and regulatory agency requirements.
• Demonstrates appropriate infection prevention procedures; maintains proper food holding, serving and storage temperatures, prevents cross contamination, dates and labels food products, rotates stock, wears gloves and protective clothing as required.
• Demonstrates understanding and executes Company Core Values (Excellence and Love) and Behaviors in each task.
• Interacts with patients, families, co-workers, management, physicians, and other department staff in a compassionate manner, demonstrating empathy, sensitivity, patience, and mutual respect.
• Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and practices.
• Reports to supervisor, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients and visitors.

Skills Required

• Able to lift and walk with weights up to 30 pounds.
• Strong customer service

Education/Training/Certifications

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred or enrolled in high school

Additional Requirements

• Dresscode: White scrub top; black scrub pants (black cargo pants ok, but no jeans, yoga pants or tight leggings); foot ware need to be waterproof, or resistant and skid proof
• Shift: 3:30pm -9:30 pm; every other weekend and 1 day during the week, 6 - 8 hours per week

Pay Rate

• $17.00 per hour

"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law".