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This position responds to and resolves staff and visitor meal requests made to order in a cafeteria and/or catering type setting. The position involves good communication skills, listening to customer's orders, preparing food to the requested order, taking and giving monies, cleaning and stocking of work stations. This position is not responsible for providing direct patient care.
Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.
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To be considered for this role, applicants must:
Please upload your most recent, updated resume that demonstrates a solid background in the qualifications required for this position.
Include complete work history and relevant experience
Ensure their experience clearly reflects the required qualifications
Be able to meet the schedule, hours, and work location listed for this position
Why join University of Utah Health?
Competitive pay
Healthcare benefits starting on day one
401(k) retirement plan
A work environment that values dedication, learning, and work-life balance
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Upon selection, candidates must complete all required pre-employment requirements, including reference checks, a background check, drug screening, and required immunizations.
ResponsibilitiesEssential Functions
- Provides exceptional customer service in all interactions including responding to customer questions, concerns, and assisting in resolving customer complaints.
- Provides quality food service to cafeteria, deli, and espresso bar customers and guarantees food is prepared and served as ordered by the customer.
- Ensures the listed menu items, stock items, beverages, are complete and on time as per NCS standards.
- Prepares meals at grill, pizza station, deli station, salad bar, hot entree bar, beverage cooler and fountain to the customer's request.
- Documents forms to record waste, items received, and stations cleaned.
- Restocks area as needed throughout the shift and at the end of shift.
- Maintains proper food safety measures and cleans work area continually to maintain proper sanitation.
- Practices appropriate cash handling procedures.
- May provide guest service during events and banquet services, including: buffets, plated, carving stations, running food and replenishing product and supplies in accordance with event standards.
- May facilitate the proper setup and execution of events by pulling, transporting, setting up and breaking down, and returning equipment to designated storages, in accordance to event standards and instructions.
- May perform side work to provide a clean and safe work environment in catering areas.
- May be responsible for cleaning, organizing, and restocking product/equipment returning from catering events.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above.
- Demonstrated basic math and computer skills.
- Demonstrated communication and human relations skills.
- Ability to appropriately handle issues associated with the operation of the assigned area including customer service, cash handling, and stocking of supplies, with minimal direct supervision.
- Ability to perform and/or coordinate the activities of others to ensure proper functioning when operating under conditions of staff shortages.
- Ability to manage special requests made by customers and determine when to refer questions to department supervisors.
- Ability to comply with departmental policies regarding attendance.
- Ability to carry out detailed written and oral instructions.
- This is an entry level position.
- Current food service worker's permit within one month of hire.
- One of the following
- Current Utah Food Handler Permit.
- Current Food Protection Manager certification, accredited by ANSI.
* Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.
Qualifications (Preferred)Working Conditions and Physical DemandsEmployee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.
- This position involves intermediate working conditions in a high volume healthcare setting that may exert up to 50 pounds and constantly require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving carts or displays to restock.
- This person may be subject to chemical and equipment hazards and is standing and walking for a sustained periods of time.
- Incumbents may be also face exposure to potentially dangerous cleaning chemicals used for sanitation, as well as equipment and supply hazards such as wet or hot work surfaces and sharp edges on food wrap containers or open cans, meat slicers, and food processors.
- Incumbents are frequently required to talk or hear, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and taste or smell.
Skills Required
- Entry-level position
- Current Utah Food Handler Permit within one month of hire
- Alternatively, current ANSI-accredited Food Protection Manager certification
- Basic math and computer skills
- Communication and human relations skills
- Ability to handle customer service, cash handling, stocking, and assigned-area operations with minimal supervision
- Ability to carry out detailed written and oral instructions
- Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, or move up to 50 pounds
- Ability to work standing and walking for sustained periods in a high-volume healthcare setting
University of Utah Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about University of Utah and has not been reviewed or approved by University of Utah.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded retirement contributions on both the academic campus and U of U Health are notably strong, with automatic contributions and additional voluntary savings options. This emphasis makes long-term financial benefits a distinctive part of the total compensation offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan choices, robust mental-health support through the Employee Assistance Program, and wellness programs create a comprehensive health offering. Network options and wellness incentives further enhance coverage quality.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave policies provide options for fully paid periods or extended partial-pay leave for staff, with parallel provisions at U of U Health. Separate frameworks for faculty include modified duties and leave arrangements during family transitions.
University of Utah Insights
What We Do
The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 31,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 72 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders. The University of Utah became a member of the PAC-12 conference in July 2011. Technology and Commercialization The University of Utah is tops in the country for creating start-up companies from university research, according to a ranking by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). See http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-of-utah-no-1-for-startups for more information. Forbes magazine’s recent ranking of the “Best States for Business” pointed to “an educated labor force” as a big reason Utah came in at number one. The U supplies many of the employees for companies that keep expanding their operations in Utah, such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Omniture, Oracle, Ebay and many others. http://pac12info.utah.edu/commercialization-of-innovation/ Healthcare University of Utah Health Care recently ranked first in the nation in a prestigious national study. The University Health System Consortium’s 2010 Quality and Accountability Study compared 98 of the nation’s top academic medical centers and ranked them based on core quality measures, patient safety indicators, mortality rates, re-admission rates, and patient satisfaction scores. See more about University of Utah Health Care at http://healthcare.utah.edu/index.php




