Nutrition Service Worker - Nutritional Services

Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital•Plattsburgh, NY

2d•$21 - $31•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Supervisor, Food and Nutrition, the Nutrition Service Worker performs food service functions including patient tray assembly and distribution, dish room activities, and cold food production for patients and cafeteria services. The worker follows sanitation practices when handling food and equipment, operates and cleans equipment, and maintains a clean, sanitized work area. The position provides patient and resident services such as delivering meals, nourishments, and floor stock; assisting with menu selection and tray setup; opening containers; and communicating relevant issues to the nutrition department or nursing station. Office duties include printing worklists, completing delivery cart count sheets and nourishment labels, entering floor-stock and nourishment cost data, determining food production requirements from production feedback, responding to communications, and answering and directing departmental calls. The worker serves customers in the hospital cafeteria, assists with hospital catering and covers catering shifts when the caterer is absent, and operates the cash register during meal periods, including managing currency and filing required reports. This is a per diem, bargaining-unit position with no committed hours and no benefits eligibility.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED equivalent, or status as a junior or senior high school student with a faculty reference letter is listed as preferred.
Highly motivated, well organized, and self-directed.
Ability to work well as a team member.
Ability to push food carts of varying weights greater than 100 pounds.
Ability to lift items weighing up to 50 pounds.
Good verbal communication and customer service skills.
Ability to learn and apply new procedures and technology.
Detailed attention and familiarity with proper patient identification procedures.
Basic knowledge of safe food handling.
As applicable, training or competency in attending to special needs and behaviors appropriate to the age of the patients receiving care.

Nice To Haves

Prior food service experience in a health care setting.
Some prior knowledge of special diets.
Prior experience in a patient setting.
Telephone skills.
Knowledge of different types of food preparation and familiarity with quantity food service equipment; quantity food service experience.
Knowledge of cash register operation and previous experience handling Canadian and American currency.

Responsibilities

Assemble and distribute patient trays and perform dish room activities.
Follow sanitation practices when handling food and equipment; properly operate, handle, and clean equipment; and maintain a clean, sanitized work area.
Deliver meals, nourishments, and floor stock to patients and residents.
Assist patients and residents with menu selection, tray setup, and opening containers; communicate related issues to the nutrition department or nursing station as appropriate.
Print worklists; complete delivery cart count sheets and nourishment labels; and enter floor-stock and nourishment cost data.
Determine food production requirements based on production feedback.
Respond to communications from nursing staff, patients, and Nutrition staff; answer departmental telephone calls and direct them appropriately.
Perform cold food production for patients and cafeteria services and cover the deli station.
Serve customers in the hospital cafeteria, assist with catering hospital functions, and cover catering shifts when the caterer is absent.
Operate the cash register during meal periods, manage currency properly, and file required reports.
Attend to special needs and behaviors appropriate to the age of the patients receiving care, as applicable.