Dietary Assistant

Brown Medicine•Newport, RI

3d•$18 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

The Dietary Assistant performs duties to set up, distribute, and recover patient meal trays efficiently and accurately. The role also assembles, distributes, and serves meals for the cafeteria and special functions; keeps kitchen, cafeteria, and unit kitchen areas clean and orderly; performs cafeteria cashier duties; and completes assigned ware-washing tasks. Employees are expected to model Brown University Health’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence in their interactions with patients, customers, and colleagues.

Requirements

Knowledge usually acquired in grammar school.
Ability to use simple tools and equipment and follow simple instructions.
Ability to stand or walk 3–7 hours per day, bend or twist infrequently, and lift 25–50 pounds using good body mechanics.
Ability to use both hands and wrists with moderate deviation, perform pinching repetitions, and use fine motor skills frequently.
Accurate near vision at 20/20, minimal far vision and color discrimination, accurate depth perception, and ability to hear whispers at 3 feet.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate understanding of the hospital’s and Brown University Health’s mission, vision, and values, job description, performance expectations, and competency assessment plan.
Meet and exceed customer needs while adhering to customer service standards and department and hospital policies and procedures.
Review department and hospital policies and procedures and complete hospital-wide, department-specific, and job-specific mandatory education.
Participate in departmental and interdepartmental quality improvement activities.
Apply food service sanitation and infection control principles when handling, serving, and storing food.
Safely operate dish and pot-and-pan machines, record temperature readings, keep detergent dispensers full, and report equipment malfunctions promptly.
Scrape and soak dishes, utensils, and pots and pans; load and operate machines; unload them and store clean items appropriately.
Clean dish and pot-and-pan machines, counters, stainless steel surfaces, conveyor areas, and other assigned equipment according to standard procedures.
Remove department trash after meals, transport it to the dumpster, and clean carts after deliveries.
Follow posted cleaning schedules for kitchen and cafeteria equipment, refrigerators, freezers, storerooms, food carts, and trucks.
Sweep and mop kitchen and cafeteria floors when assigned, following procedures and posting wet-floor signs.
Stock the cafeteria with trays, dishes, silverware, and utensils before and during meal service.
Check and document the Mental Health Unit refrigerator temperature daily.
Fill and deliver floor-stock orders to patient units in a timely manner.
Receive and store food supplies in storerooms, freezers, and refrigerators as assigned.
Assemble patient meal trays for child, adult, geriatric, and suicide-precaution patient populations.
Perform cafeteria cashier duties and other related duties as required.