Nutrition Services Utility Worker

About the role

Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the Port St. Lucie area. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers a wide variety of services to meet community needs.

Responsibilities

• Create a healing environment by ensuring equipment is properly cleaned and sanitized and ready for use for patient meals, preventing cross-contamination and any other issues.
• Work the dishwasher and handle receiving responsibilities.
• Perform a variety of routine duties related to the cleaning of the kitchen and kitchen equipment, pots, pans, cafeteria pans and serving utensils and cafeteria trays.
• Comply with established corporate and departmental policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance methods and safety codes.
• Demonstrate compliance with licensing, regulatory and accrediting agency provisions as required.
• Consistently demonstrate appropriate and professional communication behavior toward patients, customers, and coworkers.
• Cooperate with management and peers to promote an environment of teamwork and collaboration.
• Maintain established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program and safety standards.
• Comply with department expectation to use supplied personal protective equipment (PPE) as needed.
• Clean the pot area and inform the department secretary when soap needs to be ordered.
• Operate the dishwasher to ensure all pots, pans, trays and utensils are clean.
• Collect and wash dirty cafeteria trays and deliver clean trays back into service guaranteeing coverage for the lunch period.
• Collect, process and dispose of trash, cans, bottles and similar debris to be transported to disposal area.
• Sweep and mop kitchen and cafeteria.
• Maintain soap and paper towels in hand washing sinks throughout the kitchen.
• Absorb and assist with care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies.

Requirements

• Ability to read and use Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and complete regulatory logs.
• Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: High School Diploma or GED, one year of experience Healthcare or hospitality experience.
• Physical Requirements: Requires lifting up to 50 pounds. Essential physical demands of the job include lifting up to 10 pounds overhead and lifting up to 30 pounds to shoulder or waist height. Lifting up to 15 pounds to shoulder and waist height is an essential activity. Additional essential physical demands include the ability to carry linen, trash and supplies up to 30 pounds and pushing and pulling carts of 40 pounds weight. Handling demands include the ability to walk, reach, handle or grasp, and stand. Squatting and reaching overhead is required frequently. Occasionally, kneeling to clean under beds, sinks, and toilets, twisting and sitting are required. The position requires independent decision-making and mental concentration.
• Personal Protective Equipment: Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: High School Diploma or GED.

Skills

• Ability to read and use Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and complete regulatory logs.
• Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: High School Diploma or GED, one year of experience Healthcare or hospitality experience.
• Physical Requirements: Requires lifting up to 50 pounds. Essential physical demands of the job include lifting up to 10 pounds overhead and lifting up to 30 pounds to shoulder or waist height. Lifting up to 15 pounds to shoulder and waist height is an essential activity. Additional essential physical demands include the ability to carry linen, trash and supplies up to 30 pounds and pushing and pulling carts of 40 pounds weight. Handling demands include the ability to walk, reach, handle or grasp, and stand. Squatting and reaching overhead is required frequently. Occasionally, kneeling to clean under beds, sinks, and toilets, twisting and sitting are required. The position requires independent decision-making and mental concentration.
• Personal Protective Equipment: Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

• Pay Range Minimum hourly: $16.50
• Pay Range Maximum hourly: $16.50

Schedule

• Works 8-hour shifts between 6:00AM – 8:30PM
• Average 32 hours per week
• Rotating weekends and holidays may be required, as needed.