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Performs a variety of routine tasks to assist in expediting patient food services. Serves patient meal trays and loads onto food trucks. Sets up, prepares, and assembles nourishments and other food items. Performs a variety of routine tasks to assist in expediting patient food services. Serves patient meal trays and loads onto food trucks. Sets up, prepares, and assembles nourishments and other food items.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

Assembles food items and delivers trays.

• Refers to daily assignment sheet for the day's duty schedule. Assembles cold food items for patient tray line following production sheets and verbal instructions.
• Cleans and sanitizes work area upon completion of assembly process.
• Transports assembled cold food items to serving area. Sets up cold and hot serving stations with proper serving utensils, condiments, china and silverware.
• Inspects flatware, china, and trays for cleanliness, chips or stains, removing any that are not suitable for use.
• Working from color coded menus assembles patient trays; rotating work station on tray line, start station, cold station, hot stations; loading trays. Assesses food quality and food temperatures throughout the serving and tray assembly process.
• Throughout the day assembles and delivers patient trays as to specifics and food items to patient rooms and nursing units.

Performs food handling and clean up duties.

• Upon conclusion of the meal serving, covers food and refrigerates leftovers.
• Cleans equipment and work area.
• As food carts are returned to kitchen all trays and trash are removed, sorted and processed through the dishwasher including recycling where appropriate.
• Cleaned items put away and food trucks cleaned and sanitized. Cleans and organizes reach-in coolers, walk-in coolers, storage areas, work tables, shelves and drawers.

Performs dishwashing operations.

• Sets up dishwasher for operation, insuring equipment is operating properly. Sorts dirty dishes, scrapes, sorts and runs through machine. Inspects dishes as they finish cleaning to be sure all items are clean and stain free.
• Checks wash and rinse temperatures, charts them and notifies supervisor of unusually high or low temperatures.
• Keeps cafeteria fully stocked with all dishes, trays glassware and flatware. Reports shortages of dish machine soaps and other products to supervisor.

Performs other duties as assigned.

• Operates dishwasher as needed or assigned. Prepares and delivers daily mid-morning and mid-afternoon nourishments. Fills bulk daily nourishment request for patient units.
• Performs duties of Dietary Aide - Tray Line as needed.
• Follows all cleaning and sanitation schedules and procedures at dishware washing area.
• Follows recycling procedure as specified.

Demonstrates dependability.

• Follows directions.
• Completes assigned tasks within time frame.
• Follows safety rules.
• Demonstrates punctuality, employee is on time.
• Follows the standards for acceptable attendance.

Demonstrates initiative.

• Initiates tasks without being told.
• Recognizes potential problems and arrives at logical solutions.
• Recognizes the best methods to use to solve problems.
• Responds to need for extra effort when asked.
• Recommends improvements to jobs.

Exhibits teamwork mindset in the daily activities of the job.

• Promotes a sense of unity and teamwork in own work area and throughout the facility.
• Is responsible team member who is honest and accountable for own actions.
• Supports the member of their team.
• Acts as a role model by promoting cooperation between departments.

Educational / Minimum Requirements:

Some High School. High School Diploma or GED preferred.

State/Federal Mandated Licensure or Certification Requirements:

None

Bristol Hospital Mandated Educational Requirements:

General orientation at time of hire. Fire/Safety/Infection Control annually. Other programs as mandated by Ingraham Manor.

Special Requirements:

None.

Physical Requirements:

Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. up to waist level; 15 to 30 lbs. to chest level. Free range of body motion so that tasks which require walking, bending, stooping, twisting and reaching can be completed, prolonged standing for periods of two or more hours at a time. Visual acuity corrected to normal. Ability to communicate with co-workers.

Work Environment:

Indoors, temperatures 0 degrees F to 100 degrees F, noisy kitchen environment, wet floors, working with cleaning chemicals and sanitizers.

Cognitive Requirements:

Ability to understand, interpret, and execute written and verbal instructions. Basic math skills. Ability to verbalize so that average person can comprehend.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

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