Food Service Worker, Diet Aide - Dietary - Full Time 8 Hour Rotating Shift (Non-Exempt) (Non-Union)

About this role

Performs a variety of duties that relates to the preparation and serving of patient food. Assist management in maintaining patient information and refrigerator/freezer temperature logs. Assists and leads others in keeping patient prep area clean. Establishes and maintains interpersonal relationship with patients, visitors and other hospital personnel, while assuring confidentiality of patient information.

Essential Duties • Assist Management in Recording refrigerator and freezer temperature logs and reports inappropriate temperatures to supervisor/manager. • Coordinates work flow/Sets up and serves patient trays in accordance with established schedules and procedures. • Verifies patient Kardex is filled out and complete compare to active diet list. • Leads other in and assists with preparations of early and late trays. • Establishes and maintains interpersonal relationship with patients, visitors and other hospital personnel, while assuring confidentiality of patient information. • Refills breakfast carts and serves breakfast to patients on floors. • Notifies Registered Dietitian of any patient complaints and or concerns. • Assists management with care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies. Verifies and Completes all cleaning assignments. • Pulls items needed for patient meals. • Performs all other duties as related or assigned.

Qualifications • Pref High School or equivalent If no HS diploma must have some experience in hospitality services, nutrition and dietary services, customer service within food industry, or food services • Pref Experience in hospitality services, nutrition and dietary services, customer service within food industry, or food services • Req Ability to follow oral and written instruction and establish procedures. • Req Demonstrate excellent customer service behavior. • Pref Active involvement with professional food service organization.

• Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only) • Pref Certification - Job Relevant Certified Food Handler Certificate or equivalent ServSafe Certificate.

Keck Hospital of USC, a 343-bed acute care hospital, provides exceptional and innovative care for complex medical and surgical conditions across a wide range of specialties. The hospital’s world-renowned physicians deliver compassionate, customized, patient-centered care and treat the most acutely ill patients with highly innovative techniques and treatment plans. As a leading academic medical center, hundreds of clinical trials are currently taking place at Keck Hospital and its affiliated research institutions, giving patients access to novel and promising therapies that are generally not available elsewhere. Every day at Keck Hospital, physicians, nurses and staff go beyond the science of exceptional medicine to bring patients breakthroughs in the art of caring. Join this world-class team providing highly specialized care, up-to-the-minute research, and innovative clinical trials.

The hourly rate range for this position is $21.84 - $30.96. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.                                                   

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the   Background Screening Policy Appendix D   for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying. 

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at  uschr@usc.edu . Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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