Dish Room Attendant- Nutritional - UnityPoint Health

UnityPoint-St Luke's Hospital Cafeteria

PRN (as needed)

Evenings 4pm-8:30pm

Perform duties of collecting dirty trays via carts, cleaning and sanitizing dishes, pans, and equipment throughout the department. Return clean dishes, pans, and equipment to proper storage areas.  Provide excellent team work.

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Customer Service/Patient Care

• Collect dirty food service trays from nursing units.
• Collects and sorts trash and recycle materials from Cafeteria
• Ensure dishes, service ware, trays, and pots & pans are properly cleaned and sanitized.
• Sanitizes carts.
• Maintains proper temperature logs.
• Maintains proper sanitization logs.
• Maintains dish machine in proper working order by completing daily and weekly cleaning.
• Assists in the delivery food trays to patient rooms as needed

Technical & Safety

• Correctly operate department equipment that has been assigned.
• Clean and restock dishes during hours of operation as assigned.
• Practices HACCP guidelines for food handling and a sanitary and safe condition.
• Reports any equipment malfunction to a supervisor.
• Monitors and records temperatures, utilizes safe food handling techniques, maintains a clean orderly workstation.
• Checks out with Management or Team Lead at the end of their shift.
• Fulfills all other designated tasks pertinent to the success of the NFS department

Basic UPH Performance Criteria         

• Demonstrates the UnityPoint Health Values and Standards of Behaviors as well as adheres to policies and procedures and safety guidelines.
• Demonstrates ability to meet business needs of department with regular, reliable attendance.
• Employee maintains current licenses and/or certifications required for the position.
• Practices and reflects knowledge of HIPAA, JCAHO, DNV, OSHA and other federal/state regulatory agencies guiding healthcare.
• Completes all annual education and competency requirements within the calendar year.
• Is knowledgeable of hospital and department compliance requirements for federally funded healthcare programs (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid) regarding fraud, waste and abuse. Brings any questions or concerns regarding compliance to the immediate attention of hospital administrative staff.  Takes appropriate action on concerns reported by department staff related to compliance.