Attendant I -Food and Nutrition

Hartford Healthcare • Manchester, CT

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth within Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network. As an Attendant I in Food and Nutrition, you will play a vital role in ensuring high-quality, sanitary food service to patients and customers. This position involves a variety of tasks to support the daily operations of the food service department, contributing to the overall well-being of patients and the efficiency of the healthcare system. Every moment matters here, and this is your moment to make a difference.

Requirements

• Basic English reading and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with co-workers, patients and care providers
• Ability to perform basic math, i.e; addition and subtraction
• Consistently exhibit considerate interpersonal relations with co-workers
• Maintain a strong customer service attitude
• Attends monthly department meetings
• Attends monthly departmental in-services
• Wears uniform following the company and department uniform policy including appropriate hair covering at all times
• Washes hands and wears gloves following serve-safe and state regulatory requirements
• Completes all paperwork required by the position worked (such as dish machine temperatures)
• Demonstrates a willingness to assist co-workers and adjusts daily work routines to the needs of the department
• Completes annual departmental serve-safe food safety training
• Demonstrates knowledge of basic modified diets
• Wears personal protective equipment as required

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Stocking of supplies
• Patient food tray delivery and pick up
• Portioning/packaging food items
• Assisting in the packaging of meals for meals on wheels
• Patient snack delivery
• Serving customers
• Processing dishes in the dish room
• Maintaining the overall cleanliness of the cafeteria and kitchen
• Sets up, restocks and maintains a clean work station following all sanitation and safety requirements
• Labels, dates and properly rotates stock
• Completes work as outlined in the position job flow within the scheduled shift time
• Delivers trays to patients following all facility and departmental policies and procedures

Benefits

• Competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED