Dietary Aide

Townsen Memorial Hospital•Houston, TX

21d•Onsite

About The Position

Townsen Memorial Hospital is looking for a Dietary Aide/Cafeteria Technician to join our team! The Dietary Aide/Cafeteria Technician role will be responsible for preparing and serving food items to patients, staff, and visitors as well as maintaining food service facilities in a safe and sanitary condition, ensuring health and safety standards are respected, and solving customer inquiries. Townsen Memorial Hospital is an accredited network of facilities with an emphasis on emergency care, outpatient surgery, and diagnostics and imaging. Our core mission is to provide compassionate, evidence-based patient care to those we serve. At Townsen Memorial, we encompass diversity, dignity, and inclusiveness as a reflection of our core values. Townsen Memorial is committed to driving cutting edge healthcare to our patients, our communities and each other.

Requirements

Current, active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by the State of Texas required.
Competent and conscientious with a customer-oriented approach
Effective communication skills
Knowledge of sanitation and safety guidelines
Understanding of dietary restrictions and ability to accommodate special dietary needs
Current and unencumbered Food Handler certification in the State of Texas
Six (6) months of food preparation in a healthcare setting and knowledgeable of all regulatory requirements for serving food to patients and visitors
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certified

Responsibilities

Apportions and serves food to patients, employees, or patrons
Cleans and inspects equipment, kitchen appliances, and work areas to ensure cleanliness and functional operation
Maintains kitchen and dining area logs of such areas accurately and timely
Performs serving, cleaning, and stocking duties in order to facilitate customer service
Prepares kitchen area for health inspections; ensures all regulatory and health department rules are followed at all times
Maintains clean and orderly checkout areas and completes other general cleaning duties such as mopping floorings and emptying trash cans
Maintains adequate supplies of items such as, silverware, glassware, dishes, and trays
Washes pots, pans, dishes, utensils, and other cooking equipment
Assists in daily cash handling and daily deposit transactions as needed
Estimates daily and weekly needs and keeps daily record of meals served and takes inventory of supplies and equipment
Provides services to cafeteria consumers in an efficient and friendly manner
Preps menu items using established policies and procedures with input from the Dietitian
Prepares kitchen and cafeteria for next day service
Coordinates and participates with regularly scheduled quality checks of the food quality, temperature checks in collaboration with the Dietitian
Performs other related duties as assigned to support the hospital