Food Service Attendant - Nutrition Services, Part Time

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in Lebanon, NH seeks a Dietary Aide to prepare and assemble patient meals, deliver trays, and perform sanitation tasks across patient areas and retail dining. You will follow recipes, ensure freshness, and support daily food service operations.

Responsibilities include operating dishwashing, recording temperatures, stocking items, and assisting patients with menus, while maintaining safety standards and accurate portioning, under supervision.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and write required.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Prior satisfactory work experience is desired.

Responsibilities

• Plates food items and assembles patient meal trays according to procedures.
• Prepares food items for all areas following standardized recipes and production methods.
• Maintains area and equipment to accepted standards of quality.
• Operates dish washing equipment and takes daily temperatures.
• Takes temperatures of refrigerators and freezers and documents as required.
• Performs cleaning functions and sanitizes areas and equipment.

Skills

Reading and writing

Prior work experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Overview

Prepares, assembles, serves, and delivers food, and performs sanitation activities in assigned areas: patient area for patient tray assembly and sanitation; patient tray delivery and menu collection; or the detail dining areas. May operate dishwasher or assists with washing/sterilizing dishes. Performs cleaning and sanitizing duties.

Responsibilities

• Patient Tray Assembly and Sanitation:
• Plates food items and assembles patient meal trays. Assembles add-on sheet items and tube feeding items following proper procedures.
• Prepares food items for all areas, following standardized recipes and production methods. Prepares patient nourishment's and write-ins as tallied following proper production procedures.
• Ensures that area and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards and quality.
• Loads and operates dish washing equipment. Takes dish machine temperatures daily.
• Takes pot machine temperatures daily and pH level of sanitizer.
• Performs assigned cleaning functions, ensuring that areas and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards of quality.
• Operates floor washing machine
• Maintains and properly stocks all necessary food and supply items.
• Labels and dates all necessary food and supply items.
• Uses and mixes chemicals in a safe manner. Labels all secondary bottles.
• Patient Tray Delivery and Menu Collection:
• Assists with tray delivery and retrieval.
• Collects patient menus on assigned units.
• Assists patients with menu completion using hard copy menus or laptops.
• Performs inventory of food and supplies for assigned units. Assembles these supplies and delivers to the assigned unit.
• Takes temperatures of assigned refrigerators and freezers and documents as required
• Retail Dining Areas:
• Performs procedures in the retail areas according to all State and hospital guidelines, including serving, and/or portioning of food, preparing items to order, informing/directing customers as needed.
• Takes refrigeration temperatures, hot and cold food temperatures to assure proper storage and serving temperatures.
• Cleans assigned areas/equipment following institutional standards.
• Orders, collects and restocks food supplies in assigned areas.
• Displays and labels food items using menu boards and POS signage.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma (or GED) strongly preferred.
• Ability to read and write required.
• Prior satisfactory work experience is desired.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• None