Dietary Aide - Mount Sinai Brooklyn - Part-time 0.5 fte day shift

Prepare and serve patient food trays. Handles food production and preparing for special functions. Handles dishwashing and sanitation

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Perform duties as assigned: Tasks related to cleaning of work areas, washing of cooking equipment/utensils, sweep/ mop, garbage removal, deliveries and collections of food truck, cashiering, etc.  Lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling of relatively heavy equipment and supplies.  Working conditions include exposure to heat, steam and hot liquids and temperature changes.  Work in assigned areas including dish room, tray assembly, cold/hot food prep, cafeteria, sanitation.
• Assignments may require use of electronic devices, order taking, prepare menus for production, assemble trays, log requests, enter patient meal preference by using bedside menu entry system hand held device.
• Delivery of trays, retrieve soiled trays, answer pages, remain available to patients at meal times to ensure patient satisfaction, maintain a safe, clean and functional work environment.

Requirements:

• HS Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma
• Computer proficiency, interpersonal skills, ability to perform service recovery necessary to effectively interact with patients and staff, ability to walk to assigned nursing units several times per day.
• Previous hospital Food Service menu processing a plus
• Detail oriented, written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in Safe Food Handling
• Focus on Hospitals commitment to patient satisfaction and ability to enhance patient experience.
• Professional appearance and courteous manner.
• Must have the ability to transport food items and able to walk and stand for long periods of time

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU Local 144-MSB-NonRN