Food Service Associate

At Merrimack Health, we are committed to pay transparency and equity. The base salary range for this position is $17.17– $25.51, excluding fringe benefits and potential bonuses.

Your final base salary will be determined based on your education, experience, licensure, and internal equity considerations. Offers are typically made below the top of the range to support future salary growth.

Eligible employees may also participate in comprehensive benefits, including health coverage, paid time off, and wage increase programs, depending on position type (full-time, part-time, or per diem) and applicable eligibility criteria.

Position Summary: Food Service Associate, Food Services, Per-DiemHours per Week Various Shifts. Methuen campus

Responsible for nutritional service of patient, customers, employees, and the community. Responsible to the customer for courteous, accurate, timely service.

Job Responsibilities, including, but not limited to:

• Orders, prepares, portions, serves food, snacks, and nourishments; maintains supplies applicable to area served, and prioritizes job duties to maintain customer service / flow of responsibilities.
• Works tray assembly line. Delivers and retrieves patient trays according to safety and customer service standards.
• Cleans, sanitizes dishes, utensils, and equipment. Reviews and stores daily deliveries and rotates stock according to standards. Knows proper procedure for handling food and operating equipment, including cash register system, dish machine, patient tray carts, cafeteria cooking equipment such as grill, fryer, panini, and other small appliances such as blender, etc. Covers catering and special functions as assigned.
• Accurately operates cash/credit/payroll deduction applications of cash register and is accountable for daily balances and cash deposits, and for accurately applying charges to all items purchased according to process set by management. Maintains customer focus and utilizes customer service standards during all interactions with employees, physicians, patients, and visitors.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work assignments that may be inherent in the job.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: High School graduate or equivalent.

• Experience: Experience with catering, retail food service, cashiering preferred.