Food Service Worker, Patient Prep/BME

City/State:

White Plains, New York

Department:

Food Service

Work Shift:

Day

Work Days:

DAYS VARY

Scheduled Hours:

Hours Vary

Scheduled Daily Hours:

7.5 HOURS

Hourly Rate/Range:

23.40

Sign-On Bonus:

n/a

For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

Job Summary

This food service worker position is to work in all areas in kitchen and dishroom. Delivers and picks up patient trays efficiently and politely.

Essential Functions

• Works different tray line stations as per worksheet (starter, milk, juice/salad, coffee, server and runner.)
• Reads tray tickets and assembles patient trays accurately.
• Cleans tables in patient dining room when assigned.
• Transports patient trucks to units. Delivers patient trays to rooms using 2 patient ID.
• Performs service recovery when all trays have been delivered.
• Prepares and delivers missing and/or requested items for patients following procedures as per diet order. Completes service recovery sheets accurately.
• Wears gloves when handling ready to eat foods.
• Uses “Clean As You Go” as daily practice.
• Assembles and delivers new admission trays following standard procedures when assigned.
• Picks up patient trays from assigned unit. Scrapes patient trays in dish room.
• Works in dish room as loader, unloader or helper, cleans, sanitizes, and air dry trays, china and silverware following standard procedures.
• Reports any irregularities in machine operation to the Manager. Maintains dish room and equipment in clean, orderly and safe condition.
• Wears gloves when handling patient silverware.
• Cleans assigned Food Service equipment.
• Cleans unit refrigerator and records all temperatures.
• Delivers nourishments following par levels to all patient units.
• Practices universal precautions.
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate with pediatric, adolescent, young adult and geriatric patients and visitors.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Preferred
• Ability to work well with the Chief Clinical Dietitian, and assist Food Service Directors and entire kitchen staff.
• Ability to read and write English
• Ability to work in hot, humid dish room and noisy kitchen
• Ability to stand on feet for entire shift.

Schedule

• Regular hours are 11 AM-7 PM, varying days. May need to cover 8:30 AM-4:30 PM or 6:45 AM-2:45 PM shift depending on needs of the department. Must be able to work every other weekend.

The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.