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FTE: 1.000000
Shift: Nights
Location: RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER
Summary:
The Dietary Aide II at Riverside Healthcare is responsible for advanced food service tasks, including patient meal preparation, nourishment delivery, and maintaining cleanliness in work areas. This position involves serving meals to patients, stocking supplies, assisting in food preparation, and cross-training in other cafeteria duties. The Dietary Aide II also ensures compliance with safety and sanitation standards and plays a vital role in the daily operations of the food service department. Demonstrates flexibility with assignments within professional scope/duties/licensure.
Required Experience:
Preferred Experience:
• Ability to learn and perform a variety of tasks while on the job.
• Previous experience in a healthcare or hospitality food service environment is preferred but not required.
• Ability to work efficiently and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills to work effectively with other staff members.
• Attention to detail in following food safety and sanitation protocols.
• Physical stamina to stand for extended periods, handle food carts, and perform cleaning tasks.
• Willingness to cross-train in various food service roles to support the team as needed.
Required Licensure/Education:
No formal licenses or certifications required.
Preferred Licensure/Education:
Compensation:
Minimum hourly rate: $16.01
Maximum hourly rate: $18.80
Responsibilities:
Essential Job Duties:
• Serve patient food trays and deliver nourishment to patient care areas in a timely and accurate manner.
• Prepare salads, portion food items, and assist in setting up and serving meals to cafeteria patrons.
• Cut and stock desserts in the dessert area for patient and cafeteria service.
• Set up and break down the doctors' dining room daily and prepare it for meal service.
• Stock workstations and ensure all supplies needed for daily operations are available.
• Safely and correctly use cleaning chemicals according to department standards.
• Perform general cleaning tasks, including dishwashing, pot washing, and custodial duties, to maintain cleanliness in the kitchen and food service areas.
• Complete assigned tasks in the pots and pans area and dish room according to job flow standards.
• Deliver and pick up food carts to and from patient care areas.
• Follow safety and sanitation standards while cleaning work areas, equipment, and food service stations.
• Work assigned tasks in the cafeteria during special functions or events, as needed.
• Cross-train in various cafeteria positions to assist in other areas during busy service periods.
Nonessential Job Duties:
• Serve patient food trays and deliver nourishment to patient care areas in a timely and accurate manner.
• Prepare salads, portion food items, and assist in setting up and serving meals to cafeteria patrons.
• Cut and stock desserts in the dessert area for patient and cafeteria service.
• Set up and break down the doctors' dining room daily and prepare it for meal service.
• Stock workstations and ensure all supplies needed for daily operations are available.
• Safely and correctly use cleaning chemicals according to department standards.
• Perform general cleaning tasks, including dishwashing, pot washing, and custodial duties, to maintain cleanliness in the kitchen and food service areas.
• Complete assigned tasks in the pots and pans area and dish room according to job flow standards.
• Deliver and pick up food carts to and from patient care areas.
• Follow safety and sanitation standards while cleaning work areas, equipment, and food service stations.
• Work assigned tasks in the cafeteria during special functions or events, as needed.
• Cross-train in various cafeteria positions to assist in other areas during busy service periods.
Education:
Essential:
* HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
Riverside Healthcare is revolutionizing care using leading-edge technology to diagnose and treat patients. We are ranked top in the nation for performance in neurosurgery, orthopedics, and heart surgery and have also been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics seven times. Riverside is nationally recognized for our specialty programs in obstetrics, trauma, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics, occupational health, psychiatric services, and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency, as well as patient safety. We combine innovation and convenience at state-of-the-art facilities located in communities throughout the greater Kankakee area.
Riverside Medical Center proves that truly progressive medicine is being delivered in Chicago's southwest suburbs and East Central Illinois. Join a team that is not only concerned with providing the best care possible but also with offering a work environment of advancement and growth. Riverside is a place that embraces a culture where opinions count and dedications is respected, where superior performance is rewarded with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.
Other information:
Exposure to:
Chemicals: Cleaning products, grease cleaner,
sanitizer
Video Display Terminals: Occasionally
Blood and Body Fluids: Occasional possibility to
saliva and very rarely blood and/or vomit
TB or Airborne Pathogens: Frequent visits to
patient floors, occasional visits to patient rooms
Sensory requirements (speech, vision,
smell, hearing, touch):
Speech: Must be able to talk to staff and
patients to complete assigned tasks.
Vision: Needed to see food being served and
cleanliness of work areas.
Smell: Helpful to note presence of electrical/fire
hazard.
Hearing: Must be able to hear co-workers,
customers and management.
Touch: Needed to handle dishes, silverware,
etc., without dropping. Exposure to wet and
slippery surfaces.
Activity/Lifting Requirements:
Average Hours per Week: 24-40
Shift: Days/afternoons
Percentage of time during the normal
workday the employee is required to:
Sit: 0%
Twist: 2%
Stand: 80%
Crawl: 0%
Walk: 40%
Kneel: 0%
Lift: 20%
Drive: 0%
Squat: 2%
Climb: 0%
Bend: 10%
Reach above shoulders: 5%
The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:
Up to 10 lbs: Continuously Up to 20 lbs: Frequently Up to 35 lbs: Occasionally Up to 50 lbs: Not Required Up to 75 lbs: Not Required
Up to 100 lbs: Not Required Over 100 lbs: Not Required
Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements. (Example: the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.):
Lift supplies needed to perform assigned tasks. Carry trays of food, stacks of dishes, cans of food, boxes of supplies. Occasionally lift something shoulder high.
Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:
Sit: 0
Twist: 1
Stand: 70
Crawl: 0
Walk: 45
Kneel: 0
Lift: 2
Drive: 0
Squat: 1
Climb: 0
Bend: 2
Reach above shoulders: 1
Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated):
Simple grasp up to 15 lbs.: Normal weight
Pushing &pulling Normal weight:up to 200# occasionally
Fine Manipulation: Controls on equipment, sharp knives, writing
Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: None
Environmental Factors & Special Hazards:
Environmental Factors (Time Spent):
Environmental Factors (Time Spent):
Inside hours: 8 Outside hours : 0
Temperature: Normal Range Lighting: Average
Noise levels: Very loud Humidity: Humid Atmosphere:
Special Hazards: Mechanical, Electrical - Use of all equipment needed to complete tasks.
Protective Clothing Required: Slip resistant shoes; personal protective equipment (when
using chemicals)