Food Service Attendant - Nutrition Services, Part Time

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health•Lebanon, NH

11d•Onsite

About The Position

This part-time (24 hours) position is eligible for a Sign On /Retention bonus of $1,500. The role involves preparing, assembling, serving, and delivering food, as well as performing sanitation activities in assigned areas. This can include patient tray assembly and sanitation, patient tray delivery and menu collection, or detail dining areas. Responsibilities may include operating a dishwasher or assisting with washing/sterilizing dishes, and performing cleaning and sanitizing duties.

Requirements

Ability to read and write required.
Prior satisfactory work experience is desired.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma (or GED) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Plates food items and assembles patient meal trays. Assembles add-on sheet items and tube feeding items following proper procedures.
Prepares food items for all areas, following standardized recipes and production methods. Prepares patient nourishment's and write-ins as tallied following proper production procedures.
Ensures that area and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards and quality.
Loads and operates dish washing equipment. Takes dish machine temperatures daily.
Takes pot machine temperatures daily and pH level of sanitizer.
Performs assigned cleaning functions, ensuring that areas and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards of quality.
Operates floor washing machine
Maintains and properly stocks all necessary food and supply items.
Labels and dates all necessary food and supply items.
Uses and mixes chemicals in a safe manner. Labels all secondary bottles.
Assists with tray delivery and retrieval.
Collects patient menus on assigned units.
Assists patients with menu completion using hard copy menus or laptops.
Performs inventory of food and supplies for assigned units. Assembles these supplies and delivers to the assigned unit.
Takes temperatures of assigned refrigerators and freezers and documents as required
Performs procedures in the retail areas according to all State and hospital guidelines, including serving, and/or portioning of food, preparing items to order, informing/directing customers as needed.
Takes refrigeration temperatures, hot and cold food temperatures to assure proper storage and serving temperatures.
Cleans assigned areas/equipment following institutional standards.
Orders, collects and restocks food supplies in assigned areas.
Displays and labels food items using menu boards and POS signage.
Performs other duties as required or assigned.