What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dietary Aide position at Amberwell Health Atchison?
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Food Service Worker is a key member of the dietary team. The Food Service Worker will be trained to fill a variety of roles within the kitchen environment to assure that our patients and our guests are getting high quality food and excellent customer service.
Duties may include but are not limited to:
- Performing preparation duties such as rinsing, peeling, slicing, and dicing fruit and vegetables.
- Weighing and measuring ingredients.
- Wrapping, date-labeling, and storing food items.
- Replenishing floor stock within the patient care departments and checking for outdates
- Cleaning and organizing work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, service station, and cafe.
- Following established recipes to prepare menu items.
- Following guidelines to ensure correct serving temperatures and adequate portion control.
- Serving customers in a fast, efficient, and friendly manner.
- Providing customers with information regarding food ingredients, availability, and pricing.
- Assisting patients with ordering their meals and delivering meals in a timely manner.
- Escalating customer concerns and complaints to management.
- Assisting customers to pay for products.
- Complying with relevant safety, hygiene, and service standards and procedures.
ABOUT AMBERWELL HEALTH:
Amberwell Health is a healthcare system dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the communities we serve, providing compassionate healthcare with clinical excellence. Amberwell locations include several complete care facilities that provide a full spectrum of patient care services including inpatient, surgical, orthopedic, maternal, health at home, emergency care services. In addition, Amberwell clinic locations offer primary care and specialty care services. Amberwell Health supports service lines and locations across the system with a range of support services including radiology, laboratory, cardiopulmonary, rehabilitation therapy, occupational health, infusion, nutrition, pharmacy, administrative services, and many other specialty services.
AMBERWELL CULTURE:
Amazing Amberwell employees are at the heart of a workplace focused on competencies with our cultural values. Excellence in healthcare is expected and our patients deserve nothing less. Our culture competencies range from warm greetings in the hall to providing patients with “wow” experiences in each department. At Amberwell, we go beyond excellence to provide the unexpected.
At Amberwell, you will find a professional environment that values consistency, collaboration, and patient-first decision making. Servant leadership is both modeled and mentored, with a focus on regular appreciation. Amberwell employees enjoy many appreciation events and activities to help them know just how important they are to our organization, our patients, and our communities.
To learn more about Amberwell Health, our affiliated organizations, and available career opportunities, visit careers.amberwellhealth.org.
Qualifications:JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience:
- Minimum Required Experience: Experience in food preparation and/or customer service. Must be able to work as a team.
- Preferred Experience: Healthcare dietary experience with understanding of food allergies and modified diets.
- Education:
- Minimum Required Education: High school diploma or equivalent
- Licenses:
- Minimum Required Licenses: N/A
- Preferred Licenses: N/A
- Certifications:
- Minimum Required: None
- Preferred Certifications: ServSafe Certified