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Food Service Attend III - Food Service Department, Part-time, Days

Company: 
Northwestern Medicine
City: 
Chicago
State: 
Illinois
Occupational fields: 
Food Services
Employment type: 
Part Time
Remote Position: 
No
Required degree level: 
Other

Benefits

  • $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
  • $10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
  • $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
  • $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
  • Paid time off and Holiday pay



Northwestern Medicine is powered by a community of colleagues who are purpose-driven and committed to our mission to deliver world-class care. Here, you'll work alongside some of the best clinical talent in the nation leading the way in medical innovation and breakthrough research with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

We recognize where you've been, and we support where you're headed. We celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences, which fuel our commitment to equity and culture of service.

Grow your career with comprehensive training and development opportunities, mentorship programs, educational support and student loan repayment.

  • Create the life you envision for yourself with flexible work options, a Reimbursable Well-Being Fund and a Total Rewards package that support your physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being.
  • Make a difference through volunteer opportunities we offer in local communities and drive inclusive change through our workforce-led resource groups.


From discovery to delivery, come help us shape the future of medicine.

Description

  • Hours:24hours per week
  • Shift:5:00 AM - 1:30 PM or 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM or 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM(Works RotatingWeekends and Holidays)
  • Location:Prentice; FL BS
  • Union Hourly Compensation:$19.00per hour.The role is graded as a non-exempt position meaning you are eligible for overtime.


The Food Service Attendant III reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Food Service Attendant III performs a variety of food service tasks and housekeeping functions, in support of the hospital food service program. This role works under minimum supervision primarily in the following areas: Cafeteria, Kitchen, Dish room, and Transportation. The employee will be expected to adhere to established guidelines in regards to sanitation standards, personal grooming, health standards, customer service standards and portion control.

Responsibilities:

  • Must be able to follow oral and written instructions and do simple tasks.
  • Operate, after simple instructions, equipment such as coffee dispensers, smoothie machines, soda dispensers.
  • Knowledgeable in proper food handling techniques.
  • Must be able to work safely, e.g. move carts without damage to equipment/property, stack dishes, mop spills to prevent falls.
  • Comply with current established standards of sanitation and work procedures.
  • Clean, dice, and portion assorted fruits and vegetables, plate desserts and salads for serving.
  • Operates elevator and transports patient meal carts and special request trays to correct locations.
  • Sets up/break down serving lines as required.
  • Serves (including meat carving) to customers in cafeteria.
  • Fills, maintains, follows portion control guidelines, and cleans various dispensers utilized in the department.
  • Fills, maintains and cleans food condiment areas, refrigerators, freezers.
  • Cleans tables, carts, floors, shelving and other small equipment located in food service department.
  • Supplies serving ling with food and keeps production area informed on food quantities.
  • Follows proper and approved serving procedures.
  • Operates equipment located in dishwashing area to include proper set-up, break down and cleaning (sanitation) after each use. Records temperatures of dish machine prior to meal run.
  • Washes and sanitizes pots and pans manually as required.
  • Assists in moving, cleaning and storing of food supplies.
  • Follows proper sanitation procedures, attends mandatory department in services/meetings, and adheres to all policies in accordance to departmental/hospital policies.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.


AA/EOE

Qualifications

Required :

  • Chicago Sanitation Certification.


Preferred :

  • High School Graduate or GED.
  • Food Service experience (1-2 yrs.) with health care background.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Comprehension and ability to follow JCAHO Regulations for food handling, sanitation and food preparation


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Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

While each of our 11 hospitals and more than 200 locations has a unique story, Northwestern Medicine is unified under one vision: to put patients first in everything that we do. Anchored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago, Northwestern Medicine brings academic medicine into the heart of local communities across the suburbs and beyond, close to where our patients live and work.

Northwestern Medicine is dedicated to providing the most advanced health care to the communities and patients we serve. The Northwestern Medicine clinical and administrative staff, medical and science faculty, and medical students come together every day with a shared commitment to superior quality, academic excellence, scientific discovery and patient safety.

Northwestern Medicine has:

  • More than 33,000 employees dedicated to exceptional service and care
  • More than 4,400 aligned physicians, including faculty, residents and scientists, offering treatment informed by the latest research from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • 6 hospitals honored by the Magnet® Recognition Program for meeting the highest standards for patient care and nursing excellence
  • Hundreds of locations throughout the Chicagoland area

CULTURE

Our Mission, Vision and Core Values

Whether directly providing patient care or supporting those who do, every Northwestern Medicine employee has an impact on the quality of the patient experience and the level of excellence we collectively achieve. This knowledge, expressed in our shared commitment to a single, patient-focused mission, unites us.

Mission

Northwestern Medicine is a premier integrated academic health system where the patient comes first.

  • We are all caregivers or someone who supports a caregiver.
  • We are here to improve the health of our community.
  • We have an essential relationship with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
  • We integrate education and research to continually improve excellence in clinical practice.
  • We serve a broad community and strive to bring the best in medicine closer to where patients live and work.

Vision

To be a premier integrated academic health system that will serve a broad community and bring the best in medicine—including breakthrough treatments and clinical trials enhanced through our affiliation with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine—to a growing number of patients close to where they live and work.

Values

Patients first: Putting our patients first in all that we do

Integrity: Adhering to an uncompromising code of ethics that emphasizes complete honesty and sincerity

Teamwork: Team success over personal success

Excellence: Continuously striving to be better

  • “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” (2022): Top score and designated as “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” by the Disability Equality Index
  • “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” (2021): Top score and designated as “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” by the Disability Equality Index

 

 

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