Attendant I

Hartford Healthcare•Manchester, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Attendant l reports to the Director of Food Services. This position performs a wide variety of functions to ensure high quality, sanitary food service to patients and customers. The primary tasks of this position include but are not limited to: 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, and helping to maintain the overall cleanliness of the cafeteria and kitchen.

Requirements

Basic English reading and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with co-workers, patients and care providers within the work environment
Basic math skills, i.e; addition and subtraction
Consistently exhibit considerate interpersonal relations with co-workers
Maintain a strong customer service attitude, as demonstrated by behavior, when communicating and interacting with co-workers, patients and visitors

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
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
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
Completes annual departmental serve-safe food safety training
Demonstrates knowledge of basic modified diets
Wears personal protective equipment as required