Food Service Associate

**Job Description** **Northern Light Acadia Hospital** **Department:** Food and Nutrition Services **Position is located:** Acadia **Work Type:** Part Time Eligible **FTE: 0.400000:** **Work Schedule:** **11:00 PM to 7:30 AM** **Summary:** The purpose of this position is to prepare and assist in preparing meals following the established guidelines for therapeutic diets.

To insure that proper methods of food handling and sanitation procedures are met during meal preparation to include the proper care, use and cleaning of kitchen equipment.

Operates the dish machine as well as loads, unloads and cleans the food carts.

Ensuring all processes are done in a cost-effective, efficient manner to safely meet the needs of patients, visitors and staff in compliance with federal, state and local requirements.

**Responsibilities:**
• Follow oral and written directions to include therapeutic menus, recipes, meal schedules and cleaning schedules.

• Demonstrate competency in the accurate and timely set up, delivery and pick up of meal trays.

• Assume responsibility for the delivery and pick up of food carts as assigned.

• Demonstrate competency in food preparation to ensure food is palatable and appetizing in appearance.

• Assume responsibility for cleaning and organizing work area to include the dish room and the food preparation counter and equipment in the kitchen.

• Meet with patient regarding menus
• Assists in completing patient menus as necessary while following the established guidelines for therapeutic diets.

• Receive and store food and supplies and assist with inventory control.

• Order food from local suppliers as needed.

• Wash dishes and assist in the dish room as necessary.

• Equipment and kitchen sanitation
• Monitor temperature indicators and record as assigned.

• Responsible for accurate and timely documentation of temperatures, schedules, menus, inventory and equipment.

• Maintain a safe environment, which includes knowing and understanding hospital and departmental policies and procedures.

• Assume responsibility for avoiding food waste.

• Report and directly address identified environmental hazards when appropriate.

• Report and directly address violations of patient safety policy and/or protocol when involved or observed.

• Performs all duties as assigned or requested.

**Credentials:** **Education:** **Essential:** * No Minimum Requirement **Working conditions:** **Essential:** * Potential exposure to abusive and/or aggressive people.

* Work with computers, typing, reading or writing.

* Potential exposure to diseases or infections.

* Potential exposure to hazardous materials.

* Lifting, moving and loading 20 to 30 pounds.

* Potential exposure to noise levels being uncomfortable.

* Continuous sitting.

* Potential exposure to noxious odors.

* Potential exposure to very hot or cold temperatures.

**Northern Light Acadia Hospital** is an acute care, regional psychiatric hospital in Bangor, Maine that is a leader in the provision of tele-psychiatry services, including consultations to regional emergency departments and primary care practices.

Northern Light Acadia Hospital offers innovative programming in the form of a behavioral home health, integrated behavioral healthcare in primary care practices, and a geriatric mood and memory clinic, which is involved in multiple clinical trials for promising Alzheimer’s medications.

The hospital is the sole corporate member of Northern Light Acadia Healthcare that provides a substance use disorder treatment program, case management services, and other outpatient mental health services in Penobscot, Waldo, and Knox counties.

Northern Light Acadia Healthcare is the sole member of Restorative Health, LLC that operates an outpatient mental health clinic in Bangor.

Northern Light Acadia Hospital is a member of Northern Light Health, an integrated statewide health delivery system that is raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state.

Northern Light Health offers a broad range of providers and services, including nine hospitals, primary care and specialty physician practices, long-term care, home health and hospice agencies, and emergency ground and air transport.

Bangor, Maine is a vibrant small city with easy access to Maine’s spectacular coast, mountains, and lakes.

Schools rank among New England’s best with the flagship campus of the University of Maine located in the neighboring town of Orono.

Bangor serves as the regional hub for medicine, the arts, and commerce.

Bangor International Airport offers direct and one-stop service to most major destinations.

**Position** Food Service Associate **Location** US:ME:Bangor **Req ID** 3666