Food Service Aide Per Diem

Food Service Aide Per Diem

BHI Bristol Hospital Main Campus - Bristol, CT 06010

Overview

Position Type Per Diem Education Level None

Description

At Bristol Health, we begin each day caring today for your tomorrow. We have been an integral part of our community for the past 100 years. We are dedicated to providing the best possible care and service to our patients, residents and families. We are committed to provide compassionate, quality care at all times and to uphold our values of Communication, Accountability, Respect and Empathy (C.A.R.E.). We are Magnet and received the 2020 Press Ganey Leading Innovator award for our rapid adoption and implementation of healthcare solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Use your expertise, compassion, and kindness to transform the patient experience. Make a difference. Make Bristol Health your choice. Performs a variety of routine tasks to assist in expediting patient food services. Serves patient meal trays, loads/unloads trays onto food trucks, works in dish room, and sets up, prepares, and assembles nourishments and other food items.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

• Refers to daily assignment sheet for the day's duty schedule. Assembles cold food items for patient tray line following production sheets and verbal instructions.
• Cleans and sanitizes work area upon completion of assembly process.
• Transports assembled cold food items to serving area. Sets up cold and hot serving stations with proper serving utensils, condiments, china and silverware.
• Inspects flatware, china, and trays for cleanliness, chips or stains, removing any that are not suitable for use.
• Working from color coded menus assembles patient trays; rotating work station on tray line, start station, cold station, hot stations; loading trays. Assesses food quality and food temperatures throughout the serving and tray assembly process.
• Throughout the day, assembles and delivers patient trays as to specifics and food items to patient rooms and nursing units.

Performs food handling and clean up duties

• Upon conclusion of the tray assembly process, covers food and refrigerates leftovers.
• Follows proper procedure to clean and sanitize equipment and work area.
• As food carts are returned to kitchen, removes all trays and trash, and sorts and processes items for the dishwasher including recycling where appropriate.
• Puts away cleaned items and cleans and sanitizes food trucks. Cleans and organizes reach-in coolers, walk-in coolers, storage areas, work tables, shelves and drawers.

Performs other duties as assigned

• Operates dishwasher as needed or assigned.
• Prepares and delivers daily mid-morning and mid-afternoon nourishments.
• Fills bulk daily nourishment request for patient units.
• Willingly and enthusiastically performs other duties as assigned.

Demonstrates dependability

• Follows directions without repeated instruction.
• Listens to and respects the Food Service Assistant.
• Completes assigned tasks correctly and within time frame.
• Follows safety and sanitation rules at all times.
• Is on duty and ready to work on time.
• Agrees to work when asked during staffing shortage.
• Follows the standards for acceptable attendance.
• Takes breaks only when own work and team's work is complete.

Demonstrates initiative

• Initiates tasks without being told (knows and follows routine without reminders).
• Identifies potential problems and solves them effectively.
• Recognizes when someone needs help and assists without being asked.
• Recommends improvements to own job and department's work in general.

Qualifications

Educational / Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED is desired but not necessary.
• Food handling experience preferred