- Company: Northwestern Medicine
- Location: Chicago, Cook County
- Part Time
- Chicago, Cook County
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Northwestern Medicine at a glance
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Northwestern Medicine is Northwestern University’s healthcare system in Chicago, spanning research hospitals, acute care facilities, and academic centers. Learn more at Wikipedia or nm.org.
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Join Northwestern Medicine as a Catering Associate in our Food Service Department—a rewarding part-time evening position based in Chicago. We're looking for a dedicated, detail-oriented professional to help deliver exceptional food service and hospitality across our healthcare campus.
About the Role
As a Catering Associate, you'll support our Food Service Department's mission to provide high-quality meals and catering services to patients, staff, and visitors. Working evening shifts, you'll be essential to maintaining food safety standards, quality presentation, and outstanding customer service in our clinical and administrative dining operations.
What You'll Do
- Prepare and plate food items according to recipes and plating standards
- Safely operate food service equipment and follow sanitation protocols
- Set up, service, and break down catering stations for events and daily service
- Monitor and maintain food inventory, reporting supply needs promptly
- Provide courteous, efficient service to patients, visitors, and team members
- Clean and organize food preparation and service areas to ensure food safety compliance
- Support special catering requests and event coordination as assigned
What We're Looking For
- High school diploma or equivalent (preferred)
- Food handling certification or willingness to obtain one
- Prior experience in food service or catering
- Ability to work evening hours and adapt to scheduling needs
- Strong teamwork and communication skills
- Physical capability to lift, carry, and stand for extended periods
- Genuine commitment to food safety and customer service excellence
About Northwestern Medicine
Northwestern Medicine is a premier integrated healthcare system serving the Chicago area and Cook County communities. Our commitment to excellence extends beyond clinical care to every detail of the patient and staff experience, including exceptional food service.
How to Apply
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This role is based in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois—an on-site, non-remote position. Illinois sits in the Midwest on Lake Michigan and is among the more populous U.S. states; see Illinois overview.
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth-largest population, and the 25th-most land area. Its capital city is Springfield in the center of the state, a
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Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.3% — via FRED
National quits rate: 1.9% — via FRED (BLS JOLTS)
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Median household income in Cook County: $81,797 — via US Census ACS / Data USA
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- Elevation 193m (633 ft)
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About this role & career path
Food-service roles in a large academic health system can build hospitality, safety, and teamwork skills usable across healthcare dietary services or institutional catering. Public DATA here does not map a formal ladder for this title.
Build the skills for this role
- Food safety and hygiene habits
- Tray assembly and accurate order following
- Customer service with patients, families, and staff
- Pace and reliability on evening shifts
- Team communication in a busy kitchen/unit flow
- Why evenings and hospital food service interest you
- Examples of handling rush periods calmly
- Food-safety or sanitation practices you already know
- How you work with diverse patients and staff
- Reliability for part-time evening coverage
Strong fit if you want hands-on evening food service inside a major Chicago academic health system and are comfortable on-site hospital environments. Weak fit if you need remote work or a clinical track; this listing is catering support, not clinical care.
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Listing facts
- Role Catering Associate – Food Service Department, Part-time, Evenings
- Employer Northwestern Medicine
- Location Chicago, Cook County
- Type Part Time
- Posted July 2, 2026
- Apply by 2026-08-01
- Country context US
- Overview Full original description on this page (291 words; rewritten for clarity, not a teaser paste)
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- Hacker News — Show HN: Four numbers can predict your lifetime risk of a heart attack
- Hacker News — One of these four red flags is seen before 99.6% of heart attacks
- Hacker News — Scientists aghast at AI rat with genitals in peer-reviewed article
- Hacker News — Drugmakers are set to pay 23andMe to access consumer DNA
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