Food Service Worker

Job Description

About the Job: Food Service Worker

Are you looking for a fulfilling job that allows you to help patients in need? Join Missouri Baptist Medical Center as a Food Service Worker and become part of a team dedicated to providing quality care and making a difference in our patients’ lives. We are proud to offer Daily Pay Available! for this role.

About Missouri Baptist Medical Center

Missouri Baptist Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in St. Louis County, offering a comprehensive continuum of medical and surgical services. These services include heart care, cancer treatment, women and infants care, breast health, gastrointestinal services, orthopedic care, stroke services, therapy, wound management, and pain management. The hospital provides a 24-hour adult emergency department and collaborates with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to care for pediatric patients in a separate emergency department.

Missouri Baptist is distinguished as the first and only hospital in St. Louis County to achieve the prestigious Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This recognition is the highest credential a healthcare organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient care, a feat accomplished by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide. Furthermore, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Missouri Baptist Medical Center #2 in the St. Louis metro area.

About the Food and Nutrition Services Department

The mission of the Food and Nutrition Services department at Missouri Baptist Medical Center is to deliver nutritionally balanced meals and provide medical nutrition therapy for patients, staff, and visitors. We achieve this by working collaboratively with the facility’s nursing, ancillary, and medical staff professionals. Our licensed clinical dietitians offer medical nutrition therapy to both inpatients and outpatients, tailored to their specific medical needs. The department’s patient services, production, and retail teams are dedicated to delivering a diverse range of food offerings daily that are nutritionally balanced, healthy, flavorful, and fresh for the hospital’s patients, employees, and visitors.

Role Purpose

As a Food Service Worker, you will play a vital role in providing quality food service to cafeteria customers, ensuring speed of service and exceptional customer courtesy. This position involves performing a variety of food service functions, including food preparation, setting up service areas with food, utensils, and garnishments, accurate food portioning, serving, maintaining sanitation standards, and assisting with customer requests.

Responsibilities

• Provides customer service in a professional and friendly manner, adhering to food safety and portion guidelines.
• Ensures the work area is properly set up and that supplies and products are organized before, during, and after shifts.
• Cleans and sanitizes the workstation and utensils diligently.
• Uses equipment and materials correctly and safely.
• Accurately assembles meals according to the menu, diet order, and established protocols.

Schedule and Hours

• Full-Time Role: 40 Hours a Week
• Shift: 1:00 PM to 9:30 PM
• Availability: Must work every weekend and participate in a holiday rotation.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Experience: <2 years
• Supervisor Experience: No Experience required

Preferred Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or GED

BJC Total Rewards Benefits

At BJC, we are committed to providing you and your family with comprehensive benefits and resources to help manage your physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being. Please note that not all benefits apply to all jobs.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available on the first day of the month after your hire date.
• Disability insurance• paid for by BJC.
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition Assistance available on the first day of employment.
• Access to the BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid Time Off benefit, combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.

To learn more, please refer to our Benefits Summary.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Equal Opportunity Employer