Cook / Dietary Aide

Avera Health; Redfield (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Avera Health in Redfield, SD is seeking a dedicated food service assistant to support the preparation and service of meals for patients, staff, and guests. You will help coordinate cafeteria operations and catering for hospital events and meetings, ensuring timely, high-quality meals.

The role requires adherence to sanitation and safety guidelines, prompt attendance, and effective communication with staff, patients, and visitors.

Qualifications

• Must be 16 years of age or older and able to read and write English.
• Some food service knowledge helpful but not mandatory.
• Serv Safe certificate preferred but not necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assist cook in preparation and service of meals.
• Assist in dishwashing process after meals.
• Follow sanitation and safety guidelines to meet regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate with other departments for hospital events and meetings as needed.

Skills

Promptness

Communication

Food handling

Safety guidelines

Teamwork

Tools

Steamer

Slicer

Convection oven

Gas stove

Job description

Location:

Redfield, SD

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day/Evening/Weekend/Holiday Shift (United States of America)

Redfield Community Memorial Hospital and Clinic is seeking a qualified individual to join our team!

Position Highlights

Job Summary: To prepare and/or to be responsible for preparation of foods for patients, guests, and employees. Will be responsible for the preparation of foods for employees in the cafeteria and will be responsible to coordinate with other departments in catering all hospital events and meetings as needed.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Ability to arrive at work promptly and complete the job as assigned.

2. Ability to complete tasks per the given job schedule.

3. Ability to work in an environment that may expose an individual to communicable disease.

4. Ability to communicate with staff, patients and visitors.

5. Ability to use cleaning chemicals per written guidelines.

6. Ability to plan own work schedule based on the menu of the day.

7. Ability to follow food production, sanitation and safety guidelines to meet the requirements of regulating agencies.

8. Ability to manage the production of the employee’s meals and catering of events and meetings of the hospital so that the meal is flavorful, attractive, and have good quality of food. Meals will be serviced in a timely manner.

Marginal Job Functions:

1. Ability to follow sanitation guidelines as specified in the Dietary Policy Manual.

2. Ability to work with fellow employees to meet the objectives of the department.

3. Ability to provide documentation as required-temperature records, meal records, filling out tray cards.

4. Ability to communicate with other departments in implementing the nutritional care of a patient.

Essential Physical Demands:

1. Ability to work in an environment that varies in temperature and humidity.

2. Ability to lift correctly.

3. Ability to stand on feet in one position for a limited period of time.

4. Ability to walk on hard and possibly damp surfaces.

5. Ability to use arms and hands repetitively.

6. Ability to bend, stoop or squat to reach items located below waist level.

7. Ability to lift 10-20 pounds as in carrying dished trays or filled trash cans.

8. Ability to pull 10 pounds as in pulling open a freezer or walk in refrigerator door.

9. Ability to exert 60 pounds of pushing force as in pushing food cart.

10. Ability to lift 35 pounds as in lifting cases of food, dish tubs or food items.

Work Environment: Kitchen, employee dining room, manager’s office, nurses station, and patient room.

Equipment Used to Perform Job: Steamer, slicer, processor, convection oven, conventional oven, gas stove, vacuum cleaner, buffer and shampooer.

Mental Requirements:

Reading, simple spatial tending

Reading, complex form precision working

Writing, simple clerical follow instructions

Writing, complex compiling influence others

Math skills, simple coordinating time requirement

Math skills, complex analyzing memorization

Tasks, simple synthesizing problem solving

Tasks, complex supervising independent judgment

Driving instructing decision making

Potential Job Stressors: Time limits.

Education: Must be 16 years of age or older. Must be able to read and write English.

Licenses/Certificates: None

Experience: Some food service knowledge helpful but not mandatory. Serv Safe certificate preferred but not necessary.

Job Summary: To assist cook in preparation and service of meals. To assist in dishwashing process after meals

Essential Job Functions:

1. Ability to arrive at work promptly and complete the job as assigned.

2. Ability to complete tasks per the given job schedule.

3. Ability to work in an environment that may expose an individual to communicable disease.

4. Ability to communicate with staff, patients and visitors including verbal and written.

5. Ability to use cleaning chemicals per written guidelines.

Marginal Job Functions:

1. Ability to follow sanitation guidelines as specified in the Dietary Policy Manual.

2. Ability to work with fellow employees to meet the objectives of the department.

3. Ability to use equipment per written guidelines.

Essential Physical Demands:

1. Ability to work in an environment that varies in temperature and humidity.

2. Ability to lift correctly.

3. Ability to stand on feet in one position for a limited period of time.

4. Ability to walk on hard and possibly damp surfaces.

5. Ability to use arms and hands repetitively.

6. Ability to bend, stoop or squat to reach items located below waist level.

7. Ability to lift 10-20 pounds as in carrying dished trays or filled trash cans.

8. Ability to pull 10 pounds as in pulling open a freezer or walk in refrigerator door.

9. Ability to exert 60 pounds of pushing force as in pushing food cart.

10. Ability to lift 35 pounds as in lifting cases of food, dish tubs or food items.