Food Service Coordinator

Daily supervision of the food service department and staff. Coordinates and organizes food activities throughout the facility. Maintaining and meeting all health code standards. Develop and implement menus. Assists in developing, revising, and implementing policies and procedures. Responsible for all department ordering. Responsible for scheduling and evaluating the performance of the food service staff. Responsible for department orientation process. Monitors attendance process of all staff. Performs all payroll functions up to final approval. Responsible for the DFM cashless cafeteria system. Monitors department petty cash, cafeteria change bags, cafeteria receipts, and daily cash process. Participates in hospital meetings as needed. Perform patient rounds to monitor services. May be required to work flexible hours as needed. Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains department to meet all health code standards.
• Interviews and hires.
• Performs and completes department staff scheduling.
• Responsible for DFM program, cash handling, and electronic register reports.
• Plans and conducts education programs and training hours for food service staff.
• Estimates food, beverage, paper, and chemical supplies needed throughout the department.
• Organize, plan, and charge floor stock and conference room events.
• Develops and implements menus.
• Inspect food and food preparation to maintain quality standards and sanitation regulations.
• Investigate and resolves food quality and service complaints.
• Reviews financial transactions and monitors budget to ensure efficient operations, and to ensure expenditures stay within budget limitations.
• Develops and implements department Quarterly Performance Improvement and Dashboard documentation.
• Performs patient and cafeteria rounds to monitor services and feedback.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related
experience and or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Two years of experience in purchasing and food service industry; preferable at supervisory or management level.

Certification and Licensure

ServSafe Managers Required

State Food Safety Sanitation Certification per department requirements.

Special Physical Demands

The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
This is considered medium work. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 15 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Good manual dexterity to operate kitchen equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.

Mercyhealth offers a generous total rewards package to eligible employees including, but not limited to:

* Comprehensive Benefits Package: Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.

* Competitive Compensation: Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.

* Paid Time Off: Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.

* Career Advancement: Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.

* Employee Wellbeing: Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.

* Additional Benefits: Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.