UCLA Health

Principal Food Service Worker, Mid-Wilshire

UCLA Health  •  Onsite  •  1 month ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Posted Date
04/22/2026
Salary Range $21.05 - 25.64 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
30308


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

In this role you will be responsible for the delivery and collection of menus and meal trays for patients in the Neuropsychiatric Hospital. You will ensure that patients receive appropriate meal trays and snacks within specified time frames, and act as liaison with the Diet Office and Nursing personnel to ensure the patients' needs are being met.

Responsibilities include:

  • Welcome new patients and orients them to Room Service Program
  • Uses Diet Master List to ensure that every patient listed has a menu to be distributed
  • Assists patients to make meal selections; place meal order if necessary
  • Assemble meal trays and deliver to patients
  • Contact patients who did not order a meal on assigned units
  • Remove soiled trays, dishes, and silverware from patient rooms
  • Maintain a safe and sanitary work area
  • Maintain nourishments/supplies on the nursing unit pantry


Job Qualifications

  • Able to read and write standard English.
  • Ability to perform basic arithmetic.
  • Ability to follow standardized recipes.
  • Knowledge of general and nutrient modified diets.
  • Ability to work in standing position for a long period of time; stretch, bend walks, stoops, and reaches repetitively.
  • Ability to work in hot, cold and/or wet areas, lift (40) pounds, push loaded carts weighing (350) pounds.
  • Ability to conform to dress code according to infection prevention needs and policies.
  • Ability to practice safe food handling techniques.
  • Must have the ability to adjust to fluctuating work load and adhere to production schedules.
  • Interpersonal skills to interact effectively with co-workers, customers, supervisors and managers.


As a condition of employment
, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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