Attendant I - Food and Nutrition

Position Summary

The Attendant l reports to the Director of Food Services. This position performs a wide variety of functions to ensure high quality, sanitary food service to patients and customers. The primary tasks of this position include but are not limited to:

• stocking of supplies;
• patient food tray delivery and pick up;
• portioning/packaging food items;
• assisting in the packaging of meals for meals on wheels, patient snack delivery;
• serving customers, processing dishes in the dish room, and helping to maintain the overall cleanliness of the cafeteria and kitchen.

COMPETENCIES

• Must have basic English reading and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with co-workers, patients and care providers within the work environment.
• Must be able to perform basic math, i.e; addition and subtraction.
• Must be able to consistently exhibit considerate interpersonal relations with co-workers and maintain a strong customer service attitude, as demonstrated by behavior, when communicating and interacting with co-workers, patients and visitors.
• Attends monthly department meetings. Attends monthly departmental in-services.
• Washes hands and wears gloves following serve-safe and state regulatory requirements.
• Completes all paperwork required by the position worked (such as dish machine temperatures).
• Demonstrates a willingness to assist co-workers and adjusts daily work routines to the needs of the department.
• Sets up, restocks and maintains a clean work station following all sanitation and safety requirements.
• Lables, dates and properly rotates stock.
• Completes work as outlined in the position job flow within the scheduled shift time.
• Delivers trays to patients following all facility and departmental policies and procedures.
• Completes annual departmental serve-safe food safety training.
• Demonstrates knowledge of basic modified diets.
• Wears personal protective equipment as required.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

• A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred but not required.