Food and Nutrition Services serves thousands of patients, families, and employees’ nutritional needs each and every day. From our hotel style room service for patients to our cafeterias and gourmet bakeries, working in the fast-paced food and nutrition services at UAB Medicine is an opportunity to improve your culinary skills, learn how to cook with specialized equipment, and coordinate nutrition education and intervention for patients and families.

BENEFITS: How We Care for You!

• Infinite career growth opportunities
• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision plans
• Generous paid time off program and sick leave
• 403(b) retirement program with employer match
• 4 weeks of paid parental leave
• Educational Assistance Program with 100% tuition assistance at UAB
• Qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
• Employee wellness and assistance programs
• Child Development Center
• Employee perks and discounts at local businesses

We employ food service workers in a variety of assignments each day. You may work as a tray line associate as part of a team of employees building meal trays according to patient orders. Our dish room/sanitation workers wash dishes, clean equipment and floors, remove trash and cardboard, and put away clean dishes, pots, and pans. We also schedule hosts/hostesses or sweepers. Hosts visit the patient floors to deliver hot meal trays to hungry patients, and sweepers round through the hospital to collect the used trays to be cleaned-up and used again. These jobs are ideal for those who seek a fast-paced environment built around teamwork.

Responsibilities:

To receive, assemble and prepare food using specialized equipment. To serve food to patients, visitors and staff. To distribute food and supplies and perform sanitation duties.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Serves food to patients, visitors and staff.

2. Distributes and picks up food and supplies.

3. Receives, stores, prepares and assembles food following safe food handling practices.

4. Maintains a safe, clean and sanitary work environment.

5. Operates dish machine, scrubber, pressure washer and other related cleaning equipment to ensure that all serving ware, food production equipment and sanitation of kitchen is maintained.

6. Safeguards all equipment through operation, assembly, care and maintenance.

7. Performs other duties as assigned.

Hourly Range: $15.00 - $17.50

High School diploma or GED preferred. Certified as completed the Food Handler Training Course by the Jefferson County Department of Health within twenty-one (21) days from date of employment required.