Dietary Aide - Mount Sinai Brooklyn - 0.6 fte part-time days varied

Mount Sinai Medical Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated food service staff to prepare and serve patient meals, ensuring high standards of cleanliness and customer satisfaction. This dynamic role involves working in various food preparation areas, handling food production for special functions, and interacting with patients to enhance their dining experience. Join a team committed to excellence in patient care and become part of a respected organization that values inclusion and collaboration. If you are passionate about food service and making a difference in patient care, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in safe food handling and previous hospital food service preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve patient food trays, ensuring cleanliness and sanitation.
• Deliver trays and maintain a safe, functional work environment.

Skills

Computer proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Detail oriented

Written communication skills

Verbal communication skills

Safe Food Handling

Education

HS Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma

Tools

Bedside menu entry system

Job description

Description

Prepare and serve patient food trays. Handles food production and preparing for special functions. Handles dishwashing and sanitation.

Responsibilities

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Perform duties as assigned: Tasks related to cleaning of work areas, washing of cooking equipment/utensils, sweeping/mopping, garbage removal, deliveries and collections of food truck, cashiering, etc. Lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling of relatively heavy equipment and supplies. Working conditions include exposure to heat, steam and hot liquids and temperature changes. Work in assigned areas including dish room, tray assembly, cold/hot food prep, cafeteria, sanitation.
• Assignments may require use of electronic devices, order taking, prepare menus for production, assemble trays, log requests, enter patient meal preference by using bedside menu entry system hand-held device.
• Delivery of trays, retrieve soiled trays, answer pages, remain available to patients at meal times to ensure patient satisfaction, maintain a safe, clean and functional work environment.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• HS Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma.
• Computer proficiency, interpersonal skills, ability to perform service recovery necessary to effectively interact with patients and staff, ability to walk to assigned nursing units several times per day.
• Previous hospital Food Service menu processing a plus.
• Detail oriented, written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in Safe Food Handling.
• Focus on Hospital's commitment to patient satisfaction and ability to enhance patient experience.
• Professional appearance and courteous manner.
• Must have the ability to transport food items and able to walk and stand for long periods of time.

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU Local 144-MSB-NonRN

SEIU local 144 at MS Brooklyn for Non-RNs, ACI - Food Service Food Production - BKL, Mount Sinai Brooklyn.

Employer Description

Strength through Unity and Inclusion

The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to fostering an environment where everyone can contribute to excellence. We share a common dedication to delivering outstanding patient care. When you join us, you become part of Mount Sinai’s unparalleled legacy of achievement, education, and innovation as we work together to transform healthcare. We encourage all team members to actively participate in creating a culture that ensures fair access to opportunities, promotes inclusive practices, and supports the success of every individual.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders are committed to fostering a workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We strive to create an environment where collaboration, fairness, and continuous learning drive positive change, improving the well-being of our staff, patients, and organization.

About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer, complying with all applicable federal civil rights laws. We do not discriminate, exclude, or treat individuals differently based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $23.7204 - $25.2345 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need.