Are you service oriented and interested in working for an organization passionate about love and excellence?

We are seeking a part-time Service Assistant III who is responsible for the food service operation on the patient care areas. Serves therapeutically correct trays to patients, processes diet orders, collects patient menu selections, adjusts patient menus in accordance with patient’s diet order and the diet reference manual, processes menu for tray line and demonstrates outstanding customer service.

This position requires working every other weekend, with a holiday rotation, and a minimum one day during the week. The primary shift will be 4:30pm-8:15pm. More days available during the week and may have opportunity for 10-hour shifts on occasion.

Christiana Care has been ranked by Newsweek as one of the World's Best Hospitals (United States) for the sixth year in a row!

Education and experience requirements:

• High school graduation or its equivalent
• Six months food service experience preferred
• Serv Safe certificate preferred
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

Knowledge, skill, and ability requirements:
Knowledge of modified diets, calorie counts, and fluid restrictions
Knowledge of departmental policies and procedures
Ability to read and interpret diet order and menu selection
Ability to perform fundamental arithmetic computations
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
Ability to exercise judgment and tact
Skill in interpersonal relations and customer satisfaction
Ability to demonstrate outstanding customer services and service recovery techniques
Ability to use the computer to obtain messages and meal/nourishment reports
Ability to use, and carry, i Pad to collect patient menus
Ability to perform math calculations
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
Knowledge of departmental policies and procedures.

Physical demands:
Must pass physical examination: drug-free; able to hear, see, speak, and ambulate. Ability to stand, walk, bend, lift, push, pull, carry, reach, handle, balance, and stoop as per Physical Demands Checklist. Pushing and pulling meal carts. Stooping, bending, and stretching when serving/retrieving meal trays and maintaining pantry area.

Working conditions:
Pantry area, nursing stations and patient care areas. Subject to exposure to infectious diseases and occasional equipment hazards. Exposure to chemicals and cleaning supplies.

Who We Are
Delivering health, not just health care is our promise to our community. Be a part of an organization that makes a difference in a BIG way by impacting the lives of each other and the communities we serve.

From the clinical providers to the logistical support, everyone is delivering a semblance of care in our community through their role. As an organization that puts patients first, anchoring ourselves in Love and Excellence, this delivery of care and commitment of being excellent today and even better tomorrow make us all caregivers here at Christiana Care.