Dietary Attendant - Part Time Evenings

Adena Fairfield Medical Center•Lancaster, OH

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dietary Attendant performs production, food service, cashiering, and cleaning and sanitizing tasks while providing attentive customer service and demonstrating Fairfield Medical Center’s service and mission values. The role handles food according to applicable State, Local, and Center regulations, from delivery through service. The attendant delivers meals to floors during three meal periods and prepares and delivers late trays to nourishing units throughout the day. Duties also include setting up workstations and displays, serving food on patient tray lines and/or in the café, stocking and rotating service-area items, completing assigned café cashiering, and conducting patient rounds after meal periods using AIDET protocols. The position requires recording food, meal-cart, sanitizer, and dish-machine temperatures or service information as specified in position PRDs; removing out-of-compliance items and reporting them to the appropriate team member; and maintaining clean, safe, and sanitary work areas, equipment, and assigned areas throughout the shift. Cleaning duties include ware washing, cleaning pots and pans, sanitizing surfaces, and sweeping and mopping.

Requirements

Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
Ability to problem-solve and facilitate resolution to issues.
Ability to handle multiple priorities.
Ability to make independent decisions.
Ability to exert up to 20–50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10–25 pounds frequently, and a negligible to 10 pounds often.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma preferred.

Responsibilities

Handle food products in accordance with State, Local, and Center regulations from delivery through service.
Deliver meals to floors during three meal periods and prepare and deliver late trays to nourishing units throughout the day.
Record meal-cart temperatures and service times, hourly sanitizer concentration at the P&P station, dish-machine temperatures during each meal period, and temperatures of food items under the attendant’s custody, as specified in position PRDs.
Complete assigned cashiering duties in the café and follow cash-handling procedures.
Stock and rotate service-area items.
Conduct patient rounds after each meal period, visiting each patient and following AIDET protocols.
Set up workstations and displays and serve food on the patient tray line and/or in the café.
Maintain a clean, safe, and sanitary work area, follow cleaning schedules, and leave the workstation or area cleaned and sanitized at the end of the shift.
Maintain assigned equipment and report problems to the Team Leader or Supervisor.
Remove food items that are out of compliance and report them to the Team Leader, Sous Chef, or Supervisor.
Clean ware-washing items, pots, and pans in the three-compartment sink or dish machine, and store them appropriately.
Clean and sanitize workstations after each meal period and at the end of the shift.
Set up and maintain red sanitizer and green cleaning buckets with the designated solutions.
Clean and sanitize surfaces as needed and sweep and mop assigned areas.
Wash hands at the times specified by FMC standards.