Diet Aide II - Food and Nutrition

Hartford HealthCare; Vernon (CT); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare is hiring a Diet Aide II at Manchester Memorial Hospital in Manchester, CT. This part-time role supports patient and dining room service, including tray setup, delivery, and cash register duties within the cafeteria and kitchen. Shift details include 6:30am–2:30pm, two days a week.

Responsibilities include stocking, portioning, and assisting with meals for patients and Meals on Wheels. Must complete mandatory education and demonstrate strong customer service and basic math

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or equivalent.
• Annual mandatory education and departmental training provided by management.
• Two or more years of food service experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Stocking of supplies and tray delivery to patients.
• Prepare hot and cold food items for daily use and packaging for meals on wheels.
• Serve customers and cashiering as needed.
• Maintain cleanliness of cafeteria and kitchen areas.
• Follow safety and sanitation procedures per state requirements.

Skills

English communication

Reading & writing English

Basic math

Cash handling

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Cash register

Job description

Location Detail: 31 Union Street (10619)

Shift Detail: 6:30am - 2:30pm 2 days a week

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The Greater Manchester Region has approximately 2,500 employees. It includes Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 249-bed community hospital, Rockville General, a campus of Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 102-bed facility, a large multispecialty provider group and visiting nurse services. The Greater Manchester Region serves a region of 300,000 people in 19 towns.

Position Summary

The Diet Aide II reports to the Director of Food Services. This position performs a wide variety of functions to ensure high quality, sanitary food service to patients and customers. The primary tasks of this position include but is not limited to: stocking of supplies; patient food tray delivery and pick up; patient tray assembly; portioning/packaging food items; prepares hot and cold food items for daily use; snack and nourishment preparation; assisting in the packaging of meals for meals on wheels, patient snack delivery; serving customers; cashiering; processing dishes in the dish room, and helping to maintain the overall cleanliness of the cafeteria and kitchen.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Annual mandatory Manchester Memorial Hospital education is required as well as attendance at departmental training provided by management.
• Two or more years of food service experience preferred.

Competencies

• Must have English reading and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with co-workers, patients and care providers within the work environment.
• Must be able to write and follow written instructions in English.
• Must be able to perform basic math skills such as addition and subtraction.
• Strong organizational and time management skills are desired.
• Must be able to efficiently and accurately operate a cash register.
• Must be able to consistently exhibit considerate interpersonal relations with co-workers and maintain a strong customer service attitude, as demonstrated by behavior, when communicating and interacting with co-workers, patients and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Attends monthly department meetings.
• Attends monthly departmental in-services.
• Wears uniform following the Manchester Memorial Hospital and department uniform policy including appropriate hair covering at all times.
• Washes hands and wears gloves following serve-safe and state regulatory requirements.
• Completes all paperwork required by the position worked (such as dish machine temperatures).
• Demonstrates a willingness to assist co-workers and adjusts daily work routines to the needs of the department.
• Sets up, restocks and maintains a clean work station following all sanitation and safety requirements. Labels, dates and properly rotates stock.
• Completes work as outlined in the position job flow within the scheduled shift time.
• Delivers trays to patients following all facility and departmental policies and procedures.
• Completes annual departmental serve-safe food safety training.
• Demonstrates knowledge of basic modified diets.
• Balances and performs cash out process according to established procedures without excessive shortages or overages.
• Completes Manchester Memorial Hospital annual mandatory education in a timely manner.
• Wears personal protective equipment as required.

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