Food Service Sanitation Worker / Garden Cafe
Mass General Brigham
Summary
The Food Service Sanitation Worker maintains the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, and hygiene within the hospital cafeteria and dining room. This role is responsible for executing daily cleaning routines, operating commercial dishwashing equipment, stocking supplies, and ensuring a welcoming environment for hospital staff, visitors, and patients.
Job description
Job Summary
The Food Service Sanitation Worker maintains the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, and hygiene within the hospital cafeteria and dining room. This role is responsible for executing daily cleaning routines, operating commercial dishwashing equipment, stocking supplies, and ensuring a welcoming environment for hospital staff, visitors, and patients.
Essential Functions
- Dining Room Maintenance: Cleans, sanitizes, and wipes down cafeteria tables, chairs, and high-touch surfaces continuously throughout service hours.
- Waste Management: Collects and disposes of trash, recycling, and compost from the dining area and kitchen stalls; replaces liners and sanitizes bins as needed.
- Floor Care: Sweeps, mops, and spot-cleans dining room and kitchen floors to maintain a safe, slip-free environment.
- Dishwasher Operation: Operates the commercial dishwashing machine, loads and unloads trays, dishes, silverware, and kitchen utensils, and ensures they are sanitized according to hospital safety codes.
- Deep Cleaning Duties: Performs scheduled deep-cleaning tasks on heavy kitchen equipment, vents, walls, and storage areas using appropriate chemical solutions.
- Stocking & Inventory: Restocks clean dishes, silverware, trays, condiments, and napkins in the cafeteria serving lines and dining areas to ensure continuous availability.
- Special Projects: Executes special cleaning assignments and ad-hoc requests to maintain cafeteria aesthetics and sanitation standards.
- Operational Support: Performs other duties as assigned by the manager to support daily kitchen and retail operations.
Requirements
- Ability to perform physical cleaning tasks
- Follow hospital safety and sanitation codes
- Comfortable working in a hospital environment
- Maintain a safe, clean space for staff and patients
Benefits
- Competitive base pay
- Career advancement opportunities
- Differentials
- Premiums
- Bonuses
- Recognition programs
Company overview
Mass General Brigham is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in the United States, formed through the merger of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, this academic medical center system operates multiple hospitals, specialty facilities, and community health centers throughout New England. The organization is renowned for its world-class patient care, cutting-edge medical research, and comprehensive medical education programs. As a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham trains the next generation of healthcare professionals while advancing medical science through groundbreaking research initiatives. The system provides a full continuum of healthcare services, from primary care and preventive medicine to complex specialty treatments and emergency services. With a focus on innovation and patient-centered care, Mass General Brigham consistently ranks among the top hospital systems in the nation for clinical excellence and research output.