Food Services Associate PRN

Your experience matters  

Highpoint – Trousdale Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Food & Nutritional Services Worker joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ^®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve. 

More about our team  

 Our Dietary team at Highpoint – Trousdale Medical Center is a close-knit, family-oriented group where everyone works together and is willing to lend a hand when needed. Led by a longtime leader with approximately 30 years at the facility, our team values dependability, kindness and a willingness to learn—and we're happy to train someone who brings the right attitude and work ethic.

How you’ll contribute  

A Food & Nutritional Services Worker who excels in this role: 

• Assist with preparing meals, beverages, and snacks for hospital patients and employees.

• Support daily meal-service preparation and ensure food is ready accurately and on schedule.

• Prepare employee meal orders for pickup from the Dietary department.

• Stock food, beverages, supplies, and other kitchen items as needed.

• Maintain a clean, organized, and sanitary kitchen and food-preparation environment.

• Wash dishes, utensils, cookware, and other food-service equipment.

• Follow established food-safety, sanitation, and department procedures.

• Assist team members throughout the department and perform a variety of food-service duties based on daily operational needs.

• Train across department functions to provide additional coverage as needed.

• Provide dependable coverage, including every other weekend and additional shifts for vacations, absences, and other department needs.

What we’re looking for 
Applicants should have a high school diploma or equivalent. Additional requirements include: 

• Ability to work every other weekend from 9:30 AM–6:00 PM.

• Flexibility to pick up additional shifts as department needs arise.

• Willingness to train for both the 9:30 AM–6:00 PM and 6:00 AM–2:30 PM shifts.

• Dependable attendance and a strong work ethic.

• Positive, kind, team-oriented attitude and willingness to learn.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced food-service environment.

• Commitment to maintaining a clean, safe, and sanitary work environment.

• Previous food-service and/or sanitation experience preferred, but not required.

• Previous cooking experience is a plus but not required; training will be provided.

• Stable work history preferred.

• Ability to complete required education and competency requirements within established timeframes. 

Schedule: Every other weekend (Sat & Sun) 9:30am – 6:00pm (willingness to train for weekday coverage – 6:00am – 2:30pm/9:30am-6:00pm

Why join us 

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:   

• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs). 

More about Highpoint – Trousdale Medical Center 

Highpoint Health – Trousdale is a 25-bed critical access hospital located in Hartsville, Tennessee, providing inpatient, outpatient, and 24/7 emergency services to adults and children throughout Trousdale County and the surrounding community. The hospital has been recognized as a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital in the nation for four consecutive years, most recently for patient satisfaction, and has received a Chartis Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Quality and Patient Perspective. Highpoint Health – Trousdale is also an American College of Cardiology Accredited Chest Pain Center, demonstrating its commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care close to home. 

EEOC Statement 

“Highpoint - Trousdale Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Highpoint – Trousdale Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.” 

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.