Date Posted: 10/20/2024

Requisition Number: 8372

Location: CHA Cambridge Hospital 

Work Days: 3:00pm-7:30 pm or 4:00pm-7:30pm  

Category: Service and Trade  

Department: Food Service CH  

Job Type: PT20Plus HPW  

Work Shift: Evening 

Hours/Week: 20.00 

Union Name: CH Laborers 380

Department Summary

At CHA, our food service department plays an important role in the satisfaction of our patients and colleagues. 

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.

Job Purpose
• 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.

 
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.