What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Service Attendant - Nutrition Services, Part Time position at Dartmouth Health?
Prepares, assembles, serves, and delivers food, and performs sanitation activities in assigned areas patient area for patient tray assembly and sanitation; patient tray delivery and menu collection; or the detail dining areas. May operate dishwasher or assists with washing/sterilizing dishes. Performs cleaning and sanitizing duties.
- Patient Tray Assembly and Sanitation
- Plates food items and assembles patient meal trays. Assembles add-on sheet items and tube feeding items following proper procedures.
- Prepares food items for all areas, following standardized recipes and production methods. Prepares patient nourishment's and write-ins as tallied following proper production procedures.
- Ensures that area and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards and quality.
- Loads and operates dish washing equipment. Takes dish machine temperatures daily.
- Takes pot machine temperatures daily and pH level of sanitizer.
- Performs assigned cleaning functions, ensuring that areas and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards of quality.
- Operates floor washing machine
- Maintains and properly stocks all necessary food and supply items.
- Labels and dates all necessary food and supply items.
- Uses and mixes chemicals in a safe manner. Labels all secondary bottles.
- Patient Tray Delivery and Menu Collection
- Assists with tray delivery and retrieval.
- Collects patient menus on assigned units.
- Assists patients with menu completion using hard copy menus or laptops.
- Performs inventory of food and supplies for assigned units. Assembles these supplies and delivers to the assigned unit.
- Takes temperatures of assigned refrigerators and freezers and documents as required
- Retail Dining Areas
- Performs procedures in the retail areas according to all State and hospital guidelines, including serving, and/or portioning of food, preparing items to order, informing/directing customers as needed.
- Takes refrigeration temperatures, hot and cold food temperatures to assure proper storage and serving temperatures.
- Cleans assigned areas/equipment following institutional standards.
- Orders, collects and restocks food supplies in assigned areas.
- Displays and labels food items using menu boards and POS signage.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
- High school diploma (or GED) strongly preferred.
- Ability to read and write required.
- Prior satisfactory work experience is desired.
- None