UCLA Health

Description

As a Food Service Worker, you will play a vital role in assembling, delivering, and serving meals to patients while maintaining a clean and safe environment. Your responsibilities include accurately assembling meal trays in a fast-paced setting and ensuring they are presentable. You will assist patients with menu selections, distribute menus based on dietary requirements, and collect trays after each meal, delivering food carts to designated areas. Additionally, you will prepare and deliver snacks to patients as needed. Maintaining proper sanitation practices in food handling and equipment usage is essential, as is performing tasks in the dish room, pot room, and housekeeping to uphold cleanliness and safety standards.

Salary Range: $20.05-24.42/hour

Senate Bill 525 was signed into law by Governor Newsom in October 2023. Starting June 1, 2024, SB525 sets a new $23 minimum wage for nonexempt healthcare workers and raises the exempt employee salary threshold to $1,380/week (equivalent to $5,980/month or $71,760/year).

1. As defined under SB525, healthcare workers are defined as employees who are involved in the provision of “health care services,” which means “patient care-related services including nursing; caregiving; services provided by medical residents, interns, or fellows; technical and ancillary services; janitorial work; housekeeping; grounds keeping; guard duties; business office clerical work; food services; laundry; medical coding and billing; call center and warehouse work; scheduling; and gift shop work; but only where such services support patient care”.

2. Employees (career, contract, student, per diem) in the UCLA Health medical facilities (e.g. Ronald Reagan Medical Center, Santa Monica UCLA Hospital, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, etc.) meet these criteria.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow standardized recipes.
• Knowledge of general and nutrient-modified diets.
• Proficiency in reading and writing standard English.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic.
• Capability to work in a standing position for extended periods and perform repetitive physical tasks, including stretching, bending, walking, stooping, and reaching.
• Ability to work in hot, cold, and/or wet environments.
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds and push/pull loaded carts weighing up to 350 pounds.
• Adherence to infection prevention policies, including compliance with the dress code.
• Knowledge of and ability to practice safe food handling techniques.
• Flexibility to adjust to fluctuating workloads and adhere to production schedules.
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with co-workers, customers, supervisors, and managers.