Dietary Worker (Sanitation)

NYU Langone Hospitals; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is accepting applications for a Dietary Worker position within a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center. The role involves performing routine general service tasks in kitchen, cafeteria, dish room, and patient areas.

The successful candidate will assist with meal preparation, tray assembly, and timely delivery to patients, while maintaining logs, complying with safety standards, and supporting catering events as needed.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, speak English and follow oral/written directions.
• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Previous hospital and/or food service experience desirable.
• Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Complete production sheets and temperature logs as needed.
• Fosters an environment that promotes teamwork.
• Maintains established dept Policies and Procedures objective QI programs safety environment & IC standards.
• Tends & loads dish machine
• Prepares & delivers late trays to patients on the units and ER.
• Collects all soiled trays and returns them to dish room in a timely manner.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

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Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Dietary Worker.

In this role, the successful candidate Performs routine general service tasks in kitchen cafeteria dining room dish room and patient areas.

Job Responsibilities

• Completed production sheets and temperature logs as needed.
• Fosters an environment that promotes teamwork.
• Maintains established dept Policies and Procedures objective QI programs safety environment & IC standards.
• Tends & loads dish machine
• Prepares & delivers late trays to patients on the units and ER.
• Collects all soiled trays and returns them to dish room in a timely manner.
• Collects/disposes of trash/garbage as needed.
• Washes pots according to pot washing instructions and fills out logs.
• Assists with catering events as needed.
• Cleans & sanitizes work areas storage areas pantries floors refrigerators equipment.
• Delivers patients' nourishments to nurse pantries in timely/ accurate manner.
• Assembles food trays for regular & modified diets per patient diet order/request.
• Visits patient for verbal menu selection.
• Sets up stations before meal service.
• Sweeps/mops floor & performs assigned special cleaning duties.
• Prepares cold foods such as salads desserts, sandwiches etc for patients cafeteria catered functions according to production sheets and written/oral instructions.
• Pans prepared food per production sheets and labels properly.

Minimum Qualifications

To qualify you must have a Ability to read, write, speak English and follow oral/ written directions.

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum high school diploma or equivalent preferred. Previous hospital and /or food service experience desirable.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

At NYU Langone Health, we are committed to supporting our workforce and their loved ones with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package. Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it's developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement. The support employees receive goes beyond a standard benefit offering, where employees have access to financial security benefits, a generous time-off program and employee resources groups for peer support. Additionally, all employees have access to our holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. The benefits and wellness package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters. Join us and experience the extensive resources and services designed to enhance your overall quality of life for you and your family.

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment.

View Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal. NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $47,110.30 - $47,110.30 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.