• Food Service Worker, Per Diem

    UCLA Health (Los Angeles, CA)


    Description

    As a valued member of the Food & Nutrition Services team, you will play a key role in ensuring patients receive safe, nutritious, and timely meals. This position supports tray assembly, meal delivery, sanitation, and patient interaction, helping maintain a clean and organized food service environment in compliance with health and safety standards.

    Responsibilities:

    + Set up assigned tray assembly station with all necessary items including dishes, paper supplies, food, condiments, and utensils

    + Operate all tray assembly stations as assigned

    + Store and rotate food and supplies according to departmental guidelines

    + Follow proper food handling and sanitation procedures at all times

    + Maintain a clean, sanitary, and organized workstation

    + Present menus to patients and assist with menu selections as needed

    + Assemble and distribute meals accurately based on the diet master list

    + Collect meal trays after service and transport food carts to designated areas

    + Deliver snacks to patients per schedule or request

    + Ensure all food service equipment and surfaces are cleaned and sanitized

    + Support trayline operations as needed throughout shifts

    + Assist in the dishroom, potroom, and perform general housekeeping tasks

     

    Salary Range: $20.54-$20.54/hour

     

    _This_

    _is an "as needed" per diem position; schedule and working hours will_

    _vary. May convert to Career_

     

    Senate Bill 525 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billtextclient.xhtml?bill\_id=202320240sb525) 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

     

    + Previous experience in food service, including tray assembly and meal delivery

    + Ability to read, write, and follow oral and written instructions in English to accurately match menu selections with food items

    + Ability to work efficiently as part of a team in a fast-paced trayline environment

    + Basic math skills to perform calculations without a calculator

    + General understanding of therapeutic diets and dietary restrictions

    + Strong interpersonal skills to interact professionally with patients, co-workers, supervisors, and medical staff

    + Ability to comply with departmental dress code and hygiene standards

    + Physical ability to stand for long periods and repeatedly stretch, bend, push, walk, lift, and reach throughout the shift

    + Ability to lift and maneuver heavy carts safely

    + Willingness to attend departmental training and development sessions

     

    UCLA Health welcomes all individuals, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities, and we proudly look to each person’s unique achievements and experiences to further set us apart.