Food Service Attendant - Nutrition Services

dartmouth-hitchcock· Service
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📍 Lebanon, NH, USFULL TIME

About this role

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 assists 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.

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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

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    Is the Food Service Attendant - Nutrition Services role at dartmouth-hitchcock full-time or part-time?
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