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** Food Service Attendant - Food and Nutrition Svc LRMC**
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New **Covenant Health is seeking a On Full-time, Day Shift Food Service Attendant with the Food and Nutrition Svc** **Department at Covenant Health System.****Apply Today! Applicants that meet qualifications will receive a text with some additional questions from our Modern Hire system.**
**Job Summary:**
Performs patient/ customer food service functions involving, food purchasing, storage, and preparation. Under direct supervision. * Follow policies and procedures pertinent to job, department, and hospital.
* Responsible for completion of daily tasks and duties pertaining to assigned area.
* Demonstrates knowledge of and ability to operate, and clean food service equipment in designated area according to set department standards.
* Attends all required job related, department, and hospital in-services and education programs.
* Food and Nutrition/ Dishroom:
+ Properly cleans and stores all small wares. (plates, silverware, etc.).
+ Transports equipment between kitchen, and dishroom.
+ Demonstrates knowledge and operation of dishroom equipment.
+ Maintains dish machine temperature log, and communicates problems to supervisor immediately.
* Food and Nutrition/ Host/Hostess:
+ Assembles, and delivers trays according to therapeutic diet and patient choice.
+ Retrieves all assigned patient trays; documents percent of meals consumed and cc's of fluid consumed. Communicates concerns with nursing and immediate supervisors.
+ Maintains nursing unit floor stock per pars, with adjustments as patient census changes, and passes appropriate snacks to designated patients/nursing floors.
+ Communicates all problems regarding patient meal service, to immediate supervisor, manager, and Clinical Dietitian.
* Food and Nutrition/ Storeroom Porter:
+ Check-in delivery put all products in proper places.
+ Responsible for dating all products.
+ Responsible for cleaning the storeroom and walk-in freezer and refrigerators.
+ Responsible for keeping the back dock clean.
+ Fill requisitions department requisitions and delivering product when needed.
* Food and Nutrition/ Cart Transport:
+ Assists with cart preparation and transport of patient meals to nursing unit in a timely manner and according to department policy.
+ Accurately delivers patient meal trays per department policy and procedures.
+ Sanitizes assigned equipment daily.
+ Transports equipment between kitchen, patient nursing units, and dishroom.
* Food and Nutrition/ Vending Aide:
+ Responsible for filling all machines to par level.
+ All machines must be cleaned and in operating conditions.
+ Responsible for delivering drinks and snacks to certain departments.
+ Keep inventory of all products such as drinks, snacks and Breakmate syrup.
+ Keep all Breakmates stocked and clean.
+ Responsible for collecting money from machines and turning into the hospital vault.
+ Quality is consistent.
* Food and Nutrition/ Sanitation Aide:
+ To coordinate and accomplish all scheduled cleaning using the department daily and weekly cleaning schedules.
+ Sanitizes equipment shelving, storage areas, walls and floors.
+ Maintains sanitation standards within production areas.
+ Quality of work is consistent.
+ Knowledge of equipment and cleaning products.
* Menu Management:
+ Distribute appropriate menus to all patients in the hospital according to their respective therapeutic diet.
+ Help patients that may need assistance filling out their menu.
+ Ensure that all menus are completed and returned to the diet office.
+ Be able to work with patients of various age groups.
+ Communicate all problems regarding patients menus to immediate supervisor, manager, or clinical dietitian.
**Preferred Position Qualifications:**
*Experience:*