Dietary Aide (Full-Time) - Day
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Skills
cash handlingcustomer servicefood servicesanitation
About the role
Overview
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
Prepares and serves food to all patients, staff, and visitors while maintaining a high level of service and sanitation.
Responsibilities
A day in the life of a Dietary Aide at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:
- Follows patients menus accurately on the serving line. Also responsible for serving in the cafeteria and grill.
- Prepares salads, coffee, and desserts in accordance with meal schedules.
- Prepares late trays as required.
- Delivers food carts to designated places on occasion and ensures that carts are returned to the kitchen.
- Washes dishes, cookware, flatware, and trays using approved procedures.
- Washes pots, pans, cooking utensils and small equipment, following established sanitation procedures. Inspects all item for cleanliness.
- Returns clean equipment to their proper place in the kitchen.
- Maintains clean wash and rinse water, adding the designated sanitizing agent to the final rinse.
- Maintains a high level of sanitation in the pot washing area.
- Sets up counter, beverage system, coffee, grill, steam table, condiment station and serving line.
- Cooks and serves grilled items, according to customer requests.
- Follows proper cash handling procedures when working the cafeteria register
- Ensures delivery of excellent customer service resulting in positive and improving patient satisfaction scores for department and Medical Center.
- Portions, serves and replenishes dessert, pastries, salads, hot foods, etc.
- Replenishes paper and silverware products.
- Wraps, stores and dates excess food and places in appropriate refrigerators. Cleans and maintains entire work area following service.
- Cleans all tables and chairs.
- Assists with service and setting up for special meetings.
- Relieves cafeteria personnel when necessary.
- Delivers nourishment to nursing units as required.
- Collects and removes trash and garbage to designated containers.
- Cleans work areas, equipment, walls, cabinets, storage areas, and other areas assigned in accordance with established procedures.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
- At least six (6) months' prior experience in a food service department preferred.
Working Conditions:
- Works indoors in a well lighted and ventilated area.
- Possibility of cuts or minor burns from instruments and equipment
- Some direct exposure to contagion, but risk is minimal when proper safety precautions are observed.
- Possibility of strains due to moving objects.
- Requires substantial standing, walking, stooping, and lifting.
- Willingness to work with the realization that errors and incompetency may have serious consequences to patients.
Physical Demands:
- Requires constant verbal communication in person or using the phone.
- Requires frequent reading of correspondence, reports, material, etc.
- Frequently lifts objects from 10 - 150 lbs.
- Frequently lifts with assistance objects greater than 150 lbs.
- Frequently carries objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Frequently pushes objects up to 500 lbs.
Mental Demands:
- Requires ability to read and concentrate frequently to check accuracy of reports, correspondence, computer records, etc.
- Requires ability to deal with stress of dealing with public, frequent interruptions, and working on more than one task concurrently.
- Requires flexibility in order to respond to changes in priorities, special project assignments, and emergency situations.
- Manage time appropriately to meet patient and department needs.
If you feel the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!