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MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Summary:

Performs duties relative to the preparation, portioning, serving and distribution of meals within the cafeteria and to patient units. Ensures safe food handling and sanitation standards are maintained. Duties may rotate among preparation, serving, distribution, stocking and clean up duties.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sets up stations with entrees, soups, salads, breads, condiments, and all other food products and serving utensils to established portions. Replenishes as needed during meal service and breaks down at end of meal periods.
• Documents the temperature of specified foods and refrigerator/freezer units. Makes necessary adjustments and reports problems when temperature is out of range.
• Reads patient meal orders according to prescribed diets, prepares trays according to menu cards. Reviews trays for completeness and places trays on carts or appropriate transport.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Transports food carts and late trays to designated areas. Ensures safe food handling and established infection control processes. Prepares and delivers dietary food stock for patient units.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Retrieves used issued trays in a timely, efficient manner from the cafeteria and/or patient care units. Washes and sanitizes dishes using established methods and timeline. Puts clean dishes and utensils away in proper areas. Cleans work area, tables, cabinets, carts, and all other areas as assigned.
• Maintains a sanitary work environment through following established procedures. Ensures all equipment is maintained and in good working order.

EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant standing and walking.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional driving.
• Occasional keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent reaching and gripping.
• Frequent use of smell and taste to distinguish differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Employee

Department:

9091000002 Food Services SC

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

20

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