Team Member-Food & Nutrition

Reid Health

6d

About The Position

The FNS Team Member performs a variety of food and nutrition services duties, including assembling trays accurately and attractively, delivering trays to patients, operating the dish machine, sanitizing work areas, dishes, and equipment, preparing food for patient room service and the cafeteria, and handling cafeteria sales and cash registers. Team Members demonstrate courtesy, a positive attitude, respect, and enthusiasm toward patients, visitors, and coworkers.

Employees must accurately and consistently deliver supplies to floors and nourishments to patients. Duties involve lifting, reaching, and other repetitive tasks; employees are expected to use safety measures and policies designed to reduce ergonomic stresses. Assignment areas depend on the employee’s ability to meet role-specific requirements. Part-time relief employees must be able to work in at least four areas to meet department needs.

Area-specific requirements include speed and communication skills in Room Service and as an Expediter; the ability to read room-service tray tickets and assemble patient trays accurately as an Expediter; lifting trays and pushing carts in Expediter, Tray Passing, and Cafeteria/Espresso Bar roles; no chemical allergies and no lifting restrictions in Dish Room, Sanitation/Pot Room, and Storeroom/Stocking; front-line and basic math skills, food-quality monitoring, and the ability to lift food pans in Cafeteria/Espresso Bar; a valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and a good driving record under hospital policy for Head Start; and strong people skills for Tray Passing and Catering. All positions require no allergies to non-latex gloves. Duties are not all-inclusive and may be expanded as management deems necessary.

Requirements

• Must demonstrate courtesy, a positive attitude, respect, and enthusiasm toward patients, visitors, and coworkers.
• Must accurately and consistently deliver supplies and nourishments.
• Must use applicable safety measures and policies to reduce ergonomic stresses.
• All positions require no allergies to non-latex gloves.
• Room Service: Must be quick and efficient and have good communication skills.
• Expediter: Must be quick and efficient, have good communication skills, read room-service tray tickets, accurately assemble trays, lift trays, push carts, and have excellent people skills.
• Tray Passing: Must have excellent people skills and be able to lift trays and push carts.
• Dish Room: Must have no chemical allergies and no lifting restrictions.
• Sanitation/Pot Room: Must have no chemical allergies and no lifting restrictions.
• Cafeteria/Espresso Bar: Must have excellent front-line skills, basic math skills, be able to push carts and lift pans of food, and monitor and maintain food quality.
• Storeroom/Stocking: Must have no lifting restrictions and no chemical allergies.
• Head Start: Must have no lifting restrictions, a valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and a good driving record according to hospital policy.
• Catering: Must have no lifting restrictions and excellent people skills.
• Part-time relief employees must be able to perform in at least four areas.

Responsibilities

• Assemble patient trays accurately and attractively.
• Deliver trays to patients and deliver supplies to floors and nourishments to patients accurately and consistently.
• Operate the dish machine and sanitize work areas, dishes, and equipment.
• Prepare food items for patient room service and the cafeteria.
• Handle cafeteria sales and operate cash registers.
• For Expediter assignments, read room-service tray tickets and accurately assemble patient trays with the listed items.
• For Cafeteria/Espresso Bar assignments, replenish hot and cold food bars and monitor and maintain food quality.
• Use safety measures and policies to reduce ergonomic stresses while performing lifting, reaching, and repetitive tasks.
• Perform other duties or responsibilities assigned by management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed