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Advocate Health · Mount Pleasant, WI

Posted Sep 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026

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Behavioral

Tell me about a time you had to correct a team member's food safety practice on the spot. How did you handle it?

comfort with direct, in-the-moment coaching and enforcing HACCP/ServSafe standards without escalating conflict

Tell me about a time you had input on hiring someone for your team. What did you look for, and how did that person work out?

judgment in peer interviewing and whether hiring instincts translate into team performance

Tell me about a time a team member pushed back on a food allergy or modified diet procedure. How did you resolve it?

ability to enforce patient safety protocols while maintaining team buy-in

Tell me about the hardest moment you've had leading a team through short staffing or high stress. What kept the operation running?

resilience and leadership style under sustained pressure, since this role runs lean on hours and coverage

Technical

How do you keep production sheets, cooling logs, and temperature logs accurate when things get busy?

whether documentation habits hold up under time pressure, not just in theory

Can you explain what IDDSI levels are and how you would train a new trayline worker to tell them apart?

actual working knowledge of dysphagia diet standards, not just familiarity with the term

What's your process for a daily safety and sanitation walkthrough, and what's something you've actually caught and corrected?

whether inspection routines are real habits producing concrete catches, not a checklist recited from memory

Describe a time you had to manage cash handling or POS issues on the floor. What went wrong and how did you fix it?

hands-on familiarity with cafeteria transaction systems and accountability for discrepancies

Situational

Walk me through a day where you had to lead the food service team through a lunch rush while also handling a staffing gap. What did you do first?

whether the candidate can prioritize under real-time operational pressure without losing service quality

A patient's family member tells you during bedside rounds that the food isn't meeting a dietary restriction. What do you do in that moment and afterward?

service recovery instincts and follow-through connecting frontline feedback to kitchen operations

Describe a situation where you had to build a schedule around every-other-weekend and holiday rotations while covering call-outs.

practical scheduling skill in a constrained, rotating-shift environment

If you noticed a quality improvement indicator trending the wrong way over a week, what steps would you take?

understanding of QMS/PI processes and whether the candidate acts on data rather than waiting for someone else to flag it

How do you handle a situation where a cook and a diet office representative disagree about how an order should be prepared for a patient?

conflict mediation skills between departments that must coordinate tightly around patient needs

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The full job description

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Department: 11903 AMC Mount Pleasant - Food and Nutrition Status: Part time Benefits Eligible: Yes Hou rs Per Week: 20 Schedule Details/Additional Information: This Position consists of Every other Weekend, every other Holiday Rotation, Flexible Open and Closing Positions Pay Range: $20.80 - $31.20 Major Responsibilities: • ​​​Lead and oversee daily operations of the Food Service Team, including cooks, diet office, production, and food service workers.  • ​Assign and monitor staff assignments, ensuring schedules meet departmental workload demands and adjust as needed.  • ​Demonstrate enthusiasm, teamwork, quality work, safety, and positive service-minded behavior to set an example for team members.  • ​Participate in peer interviewing for new team members and make hiring recommendations.  • ​Assist in training team members in food production, sanitation standards, and safety procedures.  • ​Ensure production team members follow recipes, complete production sheets, and maintain cooling and temperature logs.  • ​Ensure all food is received and stored according to Board of Health standards.  • ​Conduct daily safety and sanitation inspections, taking corrective action as needed.  • ​Maintain communication with team members about job performance and lead work alongside them, providing guidance throughout the day.  • ​Participate in the QMS/PI program, recording daily temperatures, monitoring quality improvement indicators, and maintaining documentation.  Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required: • Current or within 6 months: State of Illinois or Wisconsin Department of Public Health Food Service Manager Sanitation License. SERV Safe Certification and CPDH Certification if working within Chiago city limits . ServSafe Allergen License   Education Required: • ​ ​ Minimal High School Diploma or GED with 3-4 years working in lead/supervisory role, healthcare environment. ​   Experience Required: • ​​ Minimal High School Diploma or GED with 3-4 years working in lead/supervisory role, healthcare environment . POS and cash handling experience ​   Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: • ​Principles and practices of effective team member supervision including development, team building, leadership, motivation, and communication • ServSafe and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) including food safety, food handling, and sanitation procedures • Must be able to oversee the production and serving of food to fit patient population. This includes knowledge of allergies and specialized diets to meet the developmental feeding needs of children through adults. • Knowledge of IDDSI (International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative and can distinguish the various levels of texture and modified foods- ability to train this to the department team members including the cooks, trayline workers, cafeteria workers and diet office representatives. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact efficiently with hospital staff, patients, and their families. • Conduct bedside patient rounds to find out if the FNS department is providing the patient with excellent service. • Performs service recovery as needed. • Principles and practices of effective team member supervision including development, team building, leadership, motivation, and communication. Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: • ​​​​Ability to work under stressful and difficult situations.  • Ability to work flexible hours and days, including evenings, nights, holidays and weekends.  • Ability to work as a team member.  • Ability to complete numerous simultaneous projects within the given time constraints.  • Ability to respond quickly to peak service demands.  • Ability to motivate and lead people to accomplish tasks.  • Ability to analyze situations and develop workable plans to resolve them.  • Ability to see the “entire picture” and manage accordingly.  • Excellent attendance and punctuality.  • Highly skilled in operational and personnel management problem solving.  • Position requires standing, bending and heavy lifting.  • This requirement supersedes any previous lifting requirement effective 08/01/2014. Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For lifts over 35 pounds, lifting equipment is expected to be used or lift with at least one other associate when available. Unique lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.  This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties. Our Commitment to You: Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job • Incentive pay for select positions • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more • Paid Time Off programs • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs • Educational Assistance Program Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview. About Advocate Health  Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

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