Senior Dietary Worker (JR229791

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Sr. Dietary Worker performs a variety of duties relating to delivery and serving patient's food trays and assisting patients in menu selection, and retrieval of food carts. Acts as a critical liaison between patient and Food Service Department.

• Deliver, serve, and retrieve patient food trays.
  • To ensure each patient's dietary needs are met.
• Assist patients in menu selection.
  • To identify food preferences.
• Assemble and deliver early/late trays.
  • To ensure each patient's dietary needs are met.
• Deliver bulk stock, supplements, and tube feeding to units/patient rooms and return unused cans to the main kitchen.
  • Units are sufficiently stocked.
• Collect all soiled trays and utensils from units (including isolation rooms) on a timely basis and transport trucks to dish room.
  • Patient rooms are free of soiled trays and utensils.
• Ensure the patient receives an accurate and complete food tray. Handle tray errors and late trays.
  • There must be 100% tray accuracy at all times.
• By a pre-established schedule, transport food trucks to patient floors.
  • To ensure that all patients are fed on a preset schedule.
• By a pre-established schedule retrieves food trucks from patient floors.
  • To assure soiled food trucks are clean and available for the next meal.
• Provides and maintains a safe environment through preventative and interventional measures.
  • Adherence to MMC's Infection Control, Safety, and Disaster P & P's. Tags and removes broken equipment immediately. Communicates information regarding broken equipment to the charge person of the unit.
• Maintains required standards set forth by the NYSDOH by maintaining sanitary and safety standards.
  • Visual inspections by Supervisors who refer to a checklist as mandated by the NYSDOH.
• Trains other employees in his/her area of responsibility.
  • To assure competent coverage of this position when a regular associate is not available.
• Utilizes effective interpersonal skills to communicate and collaborate effectively with the Food and Nutrition Team.
  • 100% compliance with quality. Communicates observations of patient/customer status to professionals. Assists other staff members on a team within the scope of practice. Interacts with co-workers in a manner that promotes team building.
• Is responsible and accountable for own actions.
  • Adheres to MMC'S HR P & P. Reports on/off duty to designated Supervisor for the smooth running of the operation.

• High School Diploma or GED Required.
• Pushing Food Truck.
• OHS Fit Test.
• OHS Annual Assessment.