Dishwasher Dietary (Pool/PRN)

St Johns Health; Jackson (WY); On-site; USD 29,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

St. John’s Health in Jackson, WY is seeking a Per Diem/Pool Kitchen Aide to wash dishes, deliver meals, assist on the tray line and maintain a clean, sanitary kitchen. The role supports patient care areas and catering events with a focus on service quality and safety.

Candidates should have strong teamwork and customer service skills, be able to lift up to 50 pounds, and work ten hour shifts in a healthcare kitchen environment on-site in Jackson.

Qualifications

• Ability to work quickly and efficiently with good interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Ability to interface with people in a positive and team oriented manner.
• Must be able to work on-site in a healthcare kitchen environment.

Responsibilities

• Wash all soiled dishes, trays and utensils through the dish machine.
• Hand wash pots and pans and sanitize them through the dish machine.
• Deliver and pick up food carts from patient care areas and assist on tray line.
• Buses and cleans dishes, maintains a clean and organized work area.
• Follow infection control practices and participate in department meetings.

Skills

Dishwashing

Food service

Sanitation

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Jackson, WY 83001 | Position Type: Per Diem/Pool | Salary Range: $20.74 - $25.00 Hourly | Job Shift: Any | Job Category: Non-Clinical

Job Summary

Washes all soiled dishes, trays and utensils through the dish machine. Hand washes all pots and pans and sanitizes them through the dish machine. Delivers and picks up food carts from all patient care areas. Assists on tray line as indicated. Buses dirty cafeteria dishes and catering dishes. Maintains clean, safe and organized work area. Adheres to and practices the St. John's Health Corporate Compliance Program and participates in performance improvement activities.

Essential Functions

Dish-washing Duties

• Scrapes, sorts, loads all trays, dishes and silverware in dish machine. Assures that dishes are clean.
• Unloads dish machine, stacks clean dishes and puts away in the proper area. Makes sure Living Center has glasses and silverware at all times.
• Buses dirty cafeteria dishes and silverware and stocks clean dishes during service hours. Making sure there are clean coffee cups are out at all times.
• Manually washes all dirty pots and pans and sanitizes thorough the dish machine.
• Assures the sanitation level in the dish machine is correct, checks and records daily.
• Follows and adheres to established Infection Control practices, i.e. hand washing.
• Maintains, develops and updates skills to implement ideal service. Attends department meetings, completes inservices etc.

Meal service

• Assists with meal service as indicated i.e. takes food to the Living Center, pans bacon, sausage, assists with prep, helps with breaking down boxes and taking them out.
• Transports food carts to and from patient care areas assuring that dishes are collected from areas in a timely manner.
• Assists with room service as indicated. Delivers meals if needed to patients and demonstrates good customer service skills in all patient interactions.
• Assists with cleaning up after catering events.

Cleaning Responsibilities

• Completes assigned daily cleaning tasks. Cleans ovens, hoods and equipment during evening shift.
• Breaks down and thoroughly cleans dish machine nightly.
• Sweeps and mops departmental floors nightly. Takes all trash out of kitchen.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

Minimum Work Experience:
Required: Ability to interface with people in a positive and team oriented manner. Ability to work quickly and efficiently. Good interpersonal and customer service skills. Ability to adjust to fluctuating job demands, meets assigned deadlines and works independently.

Functional Demands

Working Conditions:
Healthcare setting, production kitchen with potential hazards such as steam, hot surfaces, sharp instruments, and cleaning chemicals. Working in confined spaces with temperature ranges from 0 to 90 degrees. Must be on-site at the St. John's Health campus or other facilities to fulfill the responsibilities of this role.

Physical Requirements

95% of shift standing and walking. Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds. Bending, stooping, twisting, reaching, pushing, and pulling necessary 5% of shift. Must be able to work ten hour shifts.

Direct Reports: None

Reports to: Assistant Manager Dietary

Internal & External Contacts: Food and Nutrition Services Department and SJH staff. Contact with physicians, residents, patients, food vendors and guests of SJH.

Leadership Capabilities

Attention To Detail

• Completes tasks in a way that ensures there are no errors.
• Methodically and patiently reviews work to identify any mistakes or discrepancies.
• Creates and stores documentation in a way that is thorough and easy to access.

Initiative

• Doesn't wait for others to tell him/her what to do; sees a problem or opportunity and immediately starts moving to address it.
• Finds his/her own motivation for completing work and accomplishing goals.

Interpersonal Skills

• Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down and sideways, inside and outside the organization.
• Builds appropriate rapport.
• Uses diplomacy and tact.

Time Management

• Uses his/her time effectively and efficiently.
• Concentrates his/her efforts on the more important priorities.
• Gets more done in less time than others.