Sanitation Aide

Trinity Health•Springfield, MA

2d•$17 - $22•Onsite

About The Position

Come join the Food & Nutrition team at Mercy Medical Center, part of Trinity Health Of New England! We are a member of the nationwide Trinity Health family, bringing compassionate care to our communities. Position Purpose: Performs a variety of food service duties including loading and delivering food trucks to patient floors, loading and unloading dish machine, pot washing, trash removal, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning food service equipment and work areas, and general cleaning duties. What you will do: Disposes of trash, garbage, and cardboard boxes in proper receptacles, delivering to loading dock trash storage area as required. Cleans pots and pans using manual and automatic dish machine cleaning procedures. Unloads dishes from dish machine. Delivers meal trays to patient rooms. Delivers and pickup food trucks from patient floor per schedules. Picks up late trays from patient pantries. Stocks up work areas in kitchen, dish room, and cafeteria as needed. Works on tray line serving hot beverages. Loads trays onto food trucks. Cleans and sanitizes food trucks after each meal period. Completes cleaning of assigned work areas including special cleaning assignments as required including cleaning of food service equipment, wall areas, and other areas as assigned. Sweeps, mops and rinses floor areas of Dietary Dept. and vacuums cafeteria dining area using appropriate cleaning products and proper procedures. Maintains tray drop-off area, removing items to dish room and loading onto dish machine. Disposes of dept. trash as required to loading dock area. Completes special cleaning assignments as needed to include wall areas, equipment, etc Working Conditions: Requires working in areas of increased temperature such as around pot machine and dish machine using hot water. Duties require lifting items weighing up to 50 lbs., bending, and pulling.

Requirements

Ability to read and understand English.
No experience required.
Occasional contact with patients and/or customers requiring common courtesy.

Responsibilities

Disposes of trash, garbage, and cardboard boxes in proper receptacles, delivering to loading dock trash storage area as required.
Cleans pots and pans using manual and automatic dish machine cleaning procedures.
Unloads dishes from dish machine.
Delivers meal trays to patient rooms.
Delivers and pickup food trucks from patient floor per schedules.
Picks up late trays from patient pantries.
Stocks up work areas in kitchen, dish room, and cafeteria as needed.
Works on tray line serving hot beverages.
Loads trays onto food trucks.
Cleans and sanitizes food trucks after each meal period.
Completes cleaning of assigned work areas including special cleaning assignments as required including cleaning of food service equipment, wall areas, and other areas as assigned.
Sweeps, mops and rinses floor areas of Dietary Dept. and vacuums cafeteria dining area using appropriate cleaning products and proper procedures.
Maintains tray drop-off area, removing items to dish room and loading onto dish machine.
Disposes of dept. trash as required to loading dock area.
Completes special cleaning assignments as needed to include wall areas, equipment, etc