Food Service Attendant - Nutrition Services

Food Service Attendant

The Food Service Attendant assembles, serves, and delivers food, and performs sanitation activities in assigned areas: patient area for patient tray assembly and sanitation; patient tray delivery and menu collection; or the detail dining areas. May operate dishwasher or assists with washing/sterilizing dishes. Performs cleaning and sanitizing duties.

This is a full-time position with competitive rates starting at $17/hr up to $26/hr based on experience. When appropriate, our standard differentials are 10% for the evening shift, 20% for the night shift, and 15% for weekends.

You must be at least 16 years of age to apply for this position.

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Responsibilities

Patient Tray Assembly and Sanitation:

• Plates food items and assembles patient meal trays. Assembles add-on sheet items and tube feeding items following proper procedures.
• Prepares food items for all areas, following standardized recipes and production methods. Prepares patient nourishment's and write-ins as tallied following proper production procedures.
• Ensures that area and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards and quality.
• Loads and operates dish washing equipment. Takes dish machine temperatures daily.
• Takes pot machine temperatures daily and pH level of sanitizer.
• Performs assigned cleaning functions, ensuring that areas and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards of quality.
• Operates floor washing machine
• Maintains and properly stocks all necessary food and supply items.
• Labels and dates all necessary food and supply items.
• Uses and mixes chemicals in a safe manner. Labels all secondary bottles.

Patient Tray Delivery and Menu Collection:

• Assists with tray delivery and retrieval.
• Collects patient menus on assigned units.
• Assists patients with menu completion using hard copy menus or laptops.
• Performs inventory of food and supplies for assigned units. Assembles these supplies and delivers to the assigned unit.
• Takes temperatures of assigned refrigerators and freezers and documents as required

Retail Dining Areas:

• Performs procedures in the retail areas according to all State and hospital guidelines, including serving, and/or portioning of food, preparing items to order, informing/directing customers as needed.
• Takes refrigeration temperatures, hot and cold food temperatures to assure proper storage and serving temperatures.
• Cleans assigned areas/equipment following institutional standards.
• Orders, collects and restocks food supplies in assigned areas.
• Displays and labels food items using menu boards and POS signage.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma (or GED) strongly preferred.
• Ability to read and write required.
• Prior satisfactory work experience is desired.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• None