Location: CHA Everett Hospital

Category: Service and Trade

Department: Food Service EH

Job Type: Per Diem On Call

Union Name: SEIU

Length Of Shift(s) In Hours: 4 & 8 hour shifts

Shift Start + End Times: 6:30am-3pm, 7am-3:30pm, 10:30am-7pm, 3pm-7pm or 4pm-7pm

Hours/Week: Varied

Weekend Requirements: Yes

Holiday Requirements: Yes

On Call Requirements: No

Department Description

The Food Services department at Cambridge Health Alliance is committed to nourishing our patients, staff, and visitors with delicious, healthy, and high-quality meals. Our team prepares and serves a variety of fresh, nutritious food designed to meet diverse dietary needs and support patient recovery and wellness. We adhere to the highest standards of food safety and sanitation to ensure every meal contributes to a positive and healing experience.

Our Food Service team members enhance the patient stay by delivering three quality meals per day to patients’ bedside. Our Expressly for You program assigns each patient a dedicated Food Service member to take care of their dining needs. Our Team members promote meal assistance to all patients on a daily basis (including meal selection, service and retrieval). Team members serve food and beverages to patients in accordance with the patient’s diet prescription. Team members verbally communicate our patients’ concerns with the clinical dietitian.

Responsibilities

Assisting patients with making appropriate daily menu selections

Preparing, assembling and delivering of patients’ meal trays and snacks.

Calculating and modifying diets/fluid restrictions and calories.

Stocking of the pantries on the nursing units with patient food.

Performing various kitchen duties including sanitation and set-up and completing temperature logs.

Utilization of an automated tablet to record and transfer meal selections to the main computer.

Qualifications

Technical, trade or vocational degree in related fields, or 2 years of functional experience.

Requires verbal and written communication skills and ability to convey information that may be complex to those who may have limited knowledge in the subject matter. 

Requires full use and application of basic diet information.

Please note that the final offer may vary within the listed Pay Range, based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.