Dietary Aide - Part Time - Day

Hackensack Meridian Health; North Bergen (NJ); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Hackensack Meridian Health as a Dietary Aide, where you'll play a crucial role in preparing and serving meals to patients and visitors. With an emphasis on customer service and sanitation, you'll ensure that high-quality food service contributes to patient satisfaction and a supportive healthcare environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including health and dental

Tuition reimbursement

Paid leave

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Six months prior experience in a food service department preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and serves meals according to patient menus.
• Maintains high standards of cleanliness and sanitation.
• Delivers excellent customer service.

Skills

Customer Service

Sanitation Procedures

Food Preparation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Prepares and serves food to all patients, staff, and visitors while maintaining a high level of service and sanitation.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Dietary Aide at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Follows patients menus accurately on the serving line. Also responsible for serving in the cafeteria and grill.
• Prepares salads, coffee, and desserts in accordance with meal schedules.
• Prepares late trays as required.
• Delivers food carts to designated places on occasion and ensures that carts are returned to the kitchen.
• Washes dishes, cookware, flatware, and trays using approved procedures.
• Washes pots, pans, cooking utensils and small equipment, following established sanitation procedures. Inspects all item for cleanliness.
• Returns clean equipment to their proper place in the kitchen.
• Maintains clean wash and rinse water, adding the designated sanitizing agent to the final rinse. Maintains a high level of sanitation in the pot washing area.
• Sets up counter, beverage system, coffee, grill, steam table, condiment station and serving line.
• Cooks and serves grilled items, according to customer requests.
• Follows proper cash handling procedures when working the cafeteria register
• Ensures delivery of excellent customer service resulting in positive and improving patient satisfaction scores for department and Medical Center.
• Portions, serves and replenishes dessert, pastries, salads, hot foods, etc.
• Replenishes paper and silverware products.
• Wraps, stores and dates excess food and places in appropriate refrigerators. Cleans and maintains entire work area following service.
• Cleans all tables and chairs.
• Assists with service and setting up for special meetings.
• Relieves cafeteria personnel when necessary.
• Delivers nourishment to nursing units as required.
• Collects and removes trash and garbage to designated containers.
• Cleans work areas, equipment, walls, cabinets, storage areas, and other areas assigned in accordance with established procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• At least six (6) months' prior experience in a food service department preferred.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Prepares and serves food to all patients, staff, and visitors while maintaining a high level of service and sanitation.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Dietary Aide at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Follows patients menus accurately on the serving line. Also responsible for serving in the cafeteria and grill.
• Prepares salads, coffee, and desserts in accordance with meal schedules.
• Prepares late trays as required.
• Delivers food carts to designated places on occasion and ensures that carts are returned to the kitchen.
• Washes dishes, cookware, flatware, and trays using approved procedures.
• Washes pots, pans, cooking utensils and small equipment, following established sanitation procedures. Inspects all item for cleanliness.
• Returns clean equipment to their proper place in the kitchen.
• Maintains clean wash and rinse water, adding the designated sanitizing agent to the final rinse. Maintains a high level of sanitation in the pot washing area.
• Sets up counter, beverage system, coffee, grill, steam table, condiment station and serving line.
• Cooks and serves grilled items, according to customer requests.
• Follows proper cash handling procedures when working the cafeteria register
• Ensures delivery of excellent customer service resulting in positive and improving patient satisfaction scores for department and Medical Center.
• Portions, serves and replenishes dessert, pastries, salads, hot foods, etc.
• Replenishes paper and silverware products.
• Wraps, stores and dates excess food and places in appropriate refrigerators. Cleans and maintains entire work area following service.
• Cleans all tables and chairs.
• Assists with service and setting up for special meetings.
• Relieves cafeteria personnel when necessary.
• Delivers nourishment to nursing units as required.
• Collects and removes trash and garbage to designated containers.
• Cleans work areas, equipment, walls, cabinets, storage areas, and other areas assigned in accordance with established procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• At least six (6) months' prior experience in a food service department preferred.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Starting Minimum Rate

Starting at $17.24 Hourly

Job Posting Disclosure

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to: Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness. Experience: Years of relevant work experience. Education and Certifications: Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training. Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies. Geographic Location: Cost of living and market rates for the specific location. Internal Equity: Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization. Budget and Grant Funding: Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered. Some jobs may also be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts. In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.

About the company

Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. The health care network comprises 13 hospitals, including two academic medical centers, two children’s hospitals and nine community hospitals, physician practices, more than 120 ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, and urgent care and after-hours centers.

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