Food Service Worker Lead

99 Highway 37 West
Toms River, NJ

Job Title: Food Service Worker Lead

Location: CMC Support

Department Name: Dietary Management

Req #: 0000216182

Status: Hourly

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $16.96 - $18.97 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview:

The Food Service Worker Lead performs a wide variety of routine tasks in kitchen, tray line and dishwashing areas according to standard practices and procedures and complying with regulatory requirements, ensuring that customer needs and satisfaction are met.

Qualifications:

Preferred:

  • Previous food service experience preferred

Scheduling Requirements:

  • Variable shifts such as 5:45am-2:15pm, 7:00am-3:30pm, and 9:30am-6:00pm
  • Varying weekends and holidays
  • Full Time

Essential Functions:

  • Assist in care and maintenance of work areas equipment and supplies
  • Check patient tray lines accuracy and neatness
  • Clean and sanitize work area and equipment
  • Cleans carts and return to kitchen area
  • Collects, processes and disposes of trash, cans, bottles, and recyclables to disposal area properly
  • Complete check list for immediate work areas and submit to supervisor
  • Delivers & pick up trays to patient according to department policy
  • Informs nursing personnel when a patient needs assistance or has a question food service worker cannot answer
  • Listens to patient and communicates patients concerns to Diet Office
  • Monitor associates breaks
  • Order paper & linen supplies as needed
  • Perform opening & closing duties, with the exception of cash handling, when supervisor is not available
  • Performs general routine cleaning duties and non-round duties as directed
  • Prepares, loads and transports food trucks
  • Properly strip trucks, scrapes plates and pre-soaks silverware
  • Record all equipment temperatures. Record all food temperatures each tray line
  • Scrapes, scours and rinses pots, utensils and equipment
  • Serves on tray assembly line in assigned position involving duties such as starter, server, soups, dessert, hot beverages
  • Washes pots and pans and performs heavy cleaning duties
  • When supervisors are not available, enter mis-o-grams to plant operations
  • When supervisors are not available, fill out & sign incident reports

Benefits and Perks:

At RWJBarnabas Health, our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Driven by our Total Wellbeing promise, our market-competitive offerings include comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, financial, personal, career, and community wellbeing. These benefits and resources include, but are not limited to:

  • Paid Time Off including Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
  • Retirement Plans
  • Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
  • Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Disability and Life Insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Student Loan Planning Support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Wellness Programs
  • Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
  • Community and Volunteer Opportunities
  • Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, and Verizon
  • ….and more!

Additional Information:

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered,

high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering

a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.

  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
  • Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Retirement Plans
  • Short & Long Term Disability
  • Life & Accidental Death Insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Wellness Programs
  • Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
  • Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!


RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Posted 2025-11-28

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