Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles. Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care. Kern Medical cares for 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.
Career Opportunities within Kern Medical include many benefits such as:
Position: Food Service Worker - Nutrition Services - Part-Time - Shift
The estimated pay for this position is $20.4390 to $27.4925. The rates shown include a 6% premium pay (base= $-$ plus 6%). This reflects only a portion of the total compensation package for this position. Additional compensation may be available for this role through differentials, incentives, and bonuses. In addition, this position may be eligible for participation and company contributions into the Kern County Employees’ Retirement Plan.
Under supervision, keeps cafeteria and kitchen clean; washes utensils and dishes; operates and cleans dishwashing machine and other kitchen equipment; prepares simple foods for cooking and serving; serves food to the public and delivers food to patients.
This is the entry-level or trainee level in the Food Service Worker classification series. Positions in this class typically perform closely supervised, routine and repetitive tasks according to established procedures. While a variety of tasks may be assigned, each step usually follows a pattern which has been established and explained and in the event exceptions arise, the employee is expected to ask for directions. This classification works under the direction of the Food Service Director in the operation and maintenance of an institution kitchen.
Those who successfully complete training and meet the minimum requirements for Food Service Worker II may be promoted without further examination. Promotions to Food Service Worker II are considered on a merit basis subject to recommendation by the employee's department head and approval by the Director of Personnel.
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the following:
Basic food handling techniques; common kitchen tools and utensils; sanitation and general safety; basic arithmetic; ability to maintain a clean work area and perform general cleaning tasks, such as sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning grill area, sinks and dining room tables; clean kitchen tools, utensils and equipment; prepare and serve simple foods; read and follow a recipe; follow oral and written instructions; develop and maintain good customer relations; observe personal cleanliness and neatness guidelines.
One (1) year of experience as a Food Service Worker I or two (2) years of experience performing similar tasks in an institutional kitchen.
A background check may be required for this classification.
All Kern Medical employees are designated “Disaster Service Workers”. In the event of a disaster or civil disorder, all Kern Medical employees are to remain at work or to report to work in a safe and practicable manner.
If position responsibilities require driving a personal vehicle, then possession of a current valid California Driver’s License and adherence to the Kern County Hospital Authority Vehicle Use and Driving Standard Policy (ENG-EC-119) is required.
If position responsibilities require driving a vehicle owned, leased or rented by Kern Medical, then possession of a current valid California Driver’s license, a signed authorization for Release of Drivers Record Information and adherence to the Kern County Hospital Authority Vehicle Use and Driving Standard Policy (ENG-EC-119) is required.
Since our beginning in 1867, Kern Medical has served as an integral part of the community. Our 222-licensed bed acute care teaching hospital and outpatient clinics offer many services unavailable to the rest of the community. These services include:
- The only Level II Trauma program between Fresno and Los Angeles
- Academic teaching programs that have trained many of the physicians now practicing
in our community. Each year, over 200 residents, fellows, and medical students enroll in
Kern Medical's training programs.
- Hospital-based high-risk pregnancy services
- Inpatient psychiatric services integrated with the County's mental health programs
- Integrated outpatient clinics with locations at our Columbus Clinic (1111 Columbus Avenue), Medical
Center Campus (1700 Mt. Vernon Avenue), and on Truxtun Avenue (6401 Truxtun Avenue, Suite A-1)
As an academic teaching hospital, we are affiliated with UCLA and its David Geffen School of Medicine, with many of our physicians also holding faculty positions at UCLA. Our physician training ranges from three to five years with residencies in internal medicine, surgery, family practice, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and psychiatry.
We offer an extensive array of services to all – regardless of their circumstances. We continue to add new medical technologies, recruit outstanding physicians in new specialties, and further expand our affiliation with UCLA. We are proud of our founding mission focused on caring for you and your loved ones with the highest quality and most compassionate service.
