Food Service Attendant - Patient Dietary Services

Dartmouth-Hitchcock; Lebanon (NH); On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Food Service Attendant to join their team. In this full-time role, you will be responsible for assembling and delivering food to patients, maintaining sanitation standards, and assisting in retail dining areas. This position offers competitive pay rates starting at $17/hr, along with a generous sign-on bonus. If you have a passion for food service and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make a difference in the lives of patients while being part of a supportive team.

Benefits

$3,000 sign-on bonus

Competitive salary

Evening and weekend differentials

Qualifications

• High school diploma preferred; ability to read and write is required.
• Prior experience in food service is desired.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and deliver patient meal trays while ensuring sanitation.
• Perform cleaning duties and maintain food supplies in assigned areas.
• Serve food in retail dining areas following state and hospital guidelines.

Skills

Food preparation

Sanitation practices

Customer service

Inventory management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Dishwasher

Floor washing machine

Job description

Overview

Currently offering a $3,000 sign-on bonus!

The Food Service Attendant 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 assist with washing/sterilizing dishes. Performs cleaning and sanitizing duties.

This is a full-time position with competitive rates starting at $17/hr up to $26/hr based on experience. When appropriate, our standard differentials are 10% for the evening shift, 20% for the night shift, and 15% for weekends.

You must be at least 16 years of age to apply for this position.

We are offering a $3,000 sign-on/retention bonus for this position. *The bonus is available for external hires only (or current D-H employees moving to a 30 - 40 hour per week position from a per diem role) and certain conditions apply.

Responsibilities

1. Patient Tray Assembly and Sanitation:
2. Plates food items and assembles patient meal trays. Assembles add-on sheet items and tube feeding items following proper procedures.
3. 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.
4. Ensures that area and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards and quality.
5. Loads and operates dish washing equipment. Takes dish machine temperatures daily.
6. Takes pot machine temperatures daily and pH level of sanitizer.
7. Performs assigned cleaning functions, ensuring that areas and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards of quality.
8. Operates floor washing machine.
9. Maintains and properly stocks all necessary food and supply items.
10. Labels and dates all necessary food and supply items.
11. Uses and mixes chemicals in a safe manner. Labels all secondary bottles.
12. Patient Tray Delivery and Menu Collection:
13. Assists with tray delivery and retrieval.
14. Collects patient menus on assigned units.
15. Assists patients with menu completion using hard copy menus or laptops.
16. Performs inventory of food and supplies for assigned units. Assembles these supplies and delivers to the assigned unit.
17. Takes temperatures of assigned refrigerators and freezers and documents as required.
18. Retail Dining Areas:
19. 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.
20. Takes refrigeration temperatures, hot and cold food temperatures to assure proper storage and serving temperatures.
21. Cleans assigned areas/equipment following institutional standards.
22. Orders, collects and restocks food supplies in assigned areas.
23. Displays and labels food items using menu boards and POS signage.
24. 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