DIET AIDE
Trinity Health Of New England

Job Info

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Employment Type:
Full time
Shift:
Day Shift

Description:

Come join our Food and Nutrition team at Mercy Medical Center, a member of Trinity Health Of New England! We are part of the nationwide Trinity Health family bringing compassionate care to our communities.

JOB SUMMARY:

Performs a variety of patient food service duties including working various positions on patient tray line, delivering supplies and nourishment items to floors, working in dish room and other related duties. Maintains all work areas and related storage areas in a safe, sanitary condition.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

1. Assumes a variety of tray assembly positions on patient tray line including caller, dairy, toast, hot food, soup, salad/dessert, and beverage position.
2. Works in dish room, stripping trays returned from patients and loading onto and unloading from dish machine.
3. Assembles and delivers food supplies to patient food pantries on floors.
4. Delivers meal trays to patient rooms and retrieves trays after meals.
5. Delivers special nourishment items to floors.
6. Delivers celebration meals to Family Life Center.
7. Maintains all work areas in a safe, sanitary manner by performing a number of cleaning duties.
8. Assures that all products prepared meet dept. quality standards.
9. Maintains productivity to assure that food service needs are met.
10. Follows safe food handling procedures to assure food wholesomeness at all times.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Ability to read and follow directions. A minimum of six months of experience as a diet aide or related job preferred.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

1. Requires prolonged standing, walking, or other constant physical movements.
2. Requires lifting of items weighing up to 50 lbs. and going in and out of walk-in refrigerators frequently.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

1. Reports to the Food Service Supervisor.
2. This position is not responsible for supervising the work of any other employees.

Work Hours/Shift:

• 37.5 HRS/ Day Shift

About Trinity Health Of New England:

Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.

Trinity Health Of New England benefits include health insurance, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, sick time, and professional advancement just to name a few.

Employees can also take advantage of extra benefits specific to each hospital.

Step up to your potential. Write your story and apply today!

Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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