**Job Title: Food Services Worker** **Job Description** As a Food Services Worker, you will be responsible for assembling tray carts for patient lunch and dinner meal trays in a refrigerated environment. You will customize patient meal trays according to their selections and diet orders, ensuring a high standard of service and satisfaction. **Responsibilities** + Assemble tray carts for patient lunch and dinner meal trays using patient selections and diet orders. + Set up patient food service stations on the tray-line for breakfast meal trays and assist in the assembly of breakfast trays. + Deliver meal trays and snacks to patients on assigned units, replace missing items, and offer alternative selections for undesired items. + Inform unit-nursing staff of refused trays, missing trays, or patients not in room, and document food and liquid intake for selected patients. + Retrieve meal trays from patients' rooms and unit kitchens, ensuring no personal items are left on the tray. + Strip food carts and breakfast meal trays, sort and rinse dishes and silverware, and assist in washing breakfast dishes. + Deliver menus to patients, explain the menu process, assist with menu selection, and ensure proper condiments are noted. + Check with the Hospitality Service Office for new admissions or diet changes, and deliver new menus and diet awareness cards to patients. + Complete requests for NOW trays/meals, discharged trays, guest trays, and isolation trays with appropriate nursing staff sign-off. + Inventory and stock hospitality cart/basket and deliver bulk nourishments to units as requested. + Provide clerical support to the Hospitality Service Office, including answering telephones and following up on requests. + Produce standard computer reports, enter patient selections, and handle special food preferences for therapeutic diets. + Attend and assist in departmental in-services. **Essential Skills** + Experience in food preparation and volume cooking. + Strong customer service skills. + Knowledge of recipes, measuring, and cutting techniques. + Experience in food service and line cooking. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Experience in food preparation and food service. + Excellent customer service experience. **Why Work Here?** This is a contract-to-hire opportunity with the potential to be permanently hired by a major DC hospital. You will enjoy hospital benefits and have opportunities for raises based on excellent attendance and performance. **Work Environment** This position is located in the Nutritional Services department of a hospital. The shift is from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, with schedules released every two weeks. Weekend availability is required. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Washington, DC. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $18.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Washington,DC. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Feb 10, 2026. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.