Dietary Server

The Menninger Clinic; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

The Menninger Clinic in Houston is seeking a Dietary Server to prepare, portion, and serve meals for patients, staff and visitors. You will operate the serving line, maintain clean and orderly areas, and ensure patient confidentiality and rights are respected.

Responsibilities include stocking dessert areas, handling cash register during meals, printing tray orders, and following dietician directives. Basic computer skills and knowledge of portion control and inventory are required; prior

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Professional Food Sanitation and Service certification preferred.
• Familiarity with cafeteria operations and servery setup.
• Ability to follow diet orders and patient rights.

Responsibilities

• Set up and restock food items in the soup, salad, and dessert areas of the server line, ensuring proper portions and appearance.
• Serve food to patients, staff and visitors in a pleasant and courteous manner.
• Operate cash register during lunch and evening meals and count drawer at start/end.
• Keep hot food line, salad and dessert areas clean during serving hours and maintain inventory.
• Print tray orders for delivery and pickups using computer systems.
• Replenish utensils, cups, condiments, and assure adequate supply according to inventory.
• Follow server duty sheets and comply with safety standards and glove/head cover rules.

Skills

Customer service

Food safety

Inventory control

Computer skills

Cash handling

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Professional Food Sanitation and Service certification

Tools

Cash register

Job description

Hours: 10 am to 6:30 pm or 6:00 am to 2:30 pm, days vary

Key Functions

Set up and restock food items in the soup, salad, and dessert areas of the server line assuring proper portions, temperature and appearance.

• a. Serves food to customers portioning food according to portion
  control guidelines.
• b. Replenishes counters, salad bar and hot food table assuring that
  adequate supply is always present.

During serving hours, keeps the hot food serving line, salad, dessert and condiment areas clean and free of excess debris; attend to food items at all times.

• a. During hours of operation, server does not leave line.
• b. Assures a high degree of cleanliness during serving hours.
  Continuously cleans and picks up as he/she works on service counter or salad
  and vegetable bars.

Serve food to patients, staff and visitors in a pleasant and courteous manner.

• a. Demonstrates behavior that promotes positive customer relations
  with patients, staff and visitors.
• b. Demonstrates practices that honor the patient’s confidentiality.
• c. Follows patient rights at all times.

Operates cash register during lunch and evening meals.

• a. Demonstrates an ability to operate cash register accurately and
  without customer delays.
• b. Demonstrates an ability to count drawer correctly at beginning and
  end of meal periods.

Set up and restock food items in the dessert areas of the servery assuring proper appearance and amount of desserts.

• a. Replenishes counters, salad bar, to go utensils, foam cups and
  other condiments as needed.

Dietary Server has basic knowledge of computer skills, cafeteria style plating of food and inventory skills.

• a. Demonstrates knowledge of computer skills by printing tray orders
  for delivery and pick ups.
• b. Understands different types of special diets ordered by
  dietician/staff.
• c. Makes trays for patients according to portion control guidelines.
• d. Replenishes units with the correct amounts of all food and non
  food items assuring that adequate supply is always present based on inventory
  guidelines.

Deliver food trays to patients/staff in a pleasant and courteous manner.

• a. Demonstrates behavior that promotes positive customer relations
  with patients/staff.
• b. Demonstrates practices that honor the patient’s confidentiality.
• c. Follows patient rights at all times.

Follow server duty sheet, tray line duty sheet and cashier duty sheet accordingly.

Comply with division policies, procedures and safety standards and practice related to food service; wear food handler gloves and head cover when required; attend in-service training sessions as required.

• a. Wears freshly laundered uniforms.

Education Preferred

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred.

License/Certification Preferred

• Professional Food Sanitation and Service certification.

Experience

• Familiarity with cafeteria and servery operations .
• Ability to set up cafeteria lines and set tables for banquets.