Dietary Aide

Summit Medical Center; Edmond (OK); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Medical Center in Edmond, OK is seeking a full-time food service associate. You will prepare and serve meals, assist in salads and snacks, and maintain kitchen cleanliness.

You will handle cashier duties, receipts, and daily cash balance, while ensuring prompt, courteous service to patients, staff and visitors. Role requires high school diploma and ability to lift/light physical tasks; on-the-job training provided, prior food service experience preferred.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent; must be 18 years of age.
• On-the-job training provided.
• Previous food service experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and serves patient trays and delivers items per unit requests.
• Assists in preparing salads, sandwiches, desserts, and nourishments.
• Cleans kitchen, cafeteria, storage areas, and utensils.
• Operates dishwasher and returns clean dishes.
• Prepares and cleans food carts; transports items as needed.
• Receives payments for food and drinks and balances cash drawer.
• Greet customers and provide courteous service.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

Communication

Teamwork

multitask

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Summit Medical Center - Edmond, OK 73013Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: High SchoolJob Shift: Day\u00A0

Position Summary:

Performs a variety of routine duties related to the preparation and serving of food; cleans kitchen, cafeteria, and storage area and cooking utensils. Performs various cashier duties involving collecting funds, issuing receipts and daily balancing cash drawer. Assist in setting up for cafeteria services.

The staffing of Summit Medical Center is based on a teamwork concept. Employees may be cross trained in other areas and may be expected to perform duties other than their normal ones as staffing and patient needs change.

Responsibilities:

• Sets up and serves patient trays in accordance with established schedules and procedures; Prepares and delivers items as requested by patient care units or patients.
• Assists in preparing salads, sandwiches, desserts, and nourishments; Prepares coffee and foods for food service.
• Cleans the kitchen, cafeteria, storage area, and cooking utensils.
• Operates dishwasher to ensure all dishes and utensils are clean; Puts clean dishes and utensils away.
• Prepares, loads, transports, and cleans food carts.
• Collects, processes, and disposes of trash, cans, bottles, and similar debris and transports to disposal area.
• Assists with care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies.
• Maintains department records, reports, and files as required.
• Receives payment for food and drinks from visitors and staff.
• Greets all customers promptly and courteously.
• Balances the cash drawer daily.
• Participates in educational programs and in-service meetings.
• Attends meetings as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Maintains established center/departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient and center related business.
• Develops and maintains an effective working relationship with patients, families, visitors and other center employees.
• Documents concisely, precisely, and accurately on all records or documents as indicated by policy.
• Participates in Quality Assessment activities as directed for the continuous improvement of patient care and center business.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent; Must be 18 years of age.
• On-the-job training
• Previous food service experience preferred.\u00A0

Special Skills and Knowledge:

• Answer Telephones
• Good Customer Service Skills
• Maintain logs.\u00A0

Essential Functions:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.\u00A0The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.\u00A0Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\u00A0

• Attends hospital-sponsored and in-service training programs as required by department.
• Compliance with the attendance policy.
• Compliance with continuing and mandatory education programs.
• Ability to respond quickly, physically, and mentally when priorities and /or the patient’s condition change.\u00A0

Physical/Mental Requirements for Position:

• Ability to read and write (legibly.)
• Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively.
• Ability to document information accurately.
• Ability to deal efficiently and effectively with a wide variety of individuals.
• Ability to understand and resolve simple problems.
• Ability to understand simple instructions.
• Ability to constantly walk, stand up to eight hours.
• Ability to frequently utilize full range of motion, including crouching, stooping, reaching, bending, and twisting.
• Ability to frequently lift, pull, push up to 35lbs.
• Ability to see and hear and distinguish color.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to function independently without constant supervision.

Bloodborne Pathogen Classification:

Category 1-Occupational exposure