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FTE: 0.600000
Shift: Days
Location: RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER
Summary:
The Dietary Aide I at Riverside Healthcare plays a crucial role in supporting the hospital’s food service operations. This position is responsible for serving patient meals, preparing boxed meals, maintaining clean and organized work areas, and ensuring that all food safety and sanitation standards are upheld. The Dietary Aide I also performs general cleaning tasks, including dishwashing, pot washing, and custodial duties, and is responsible for the proper handling, delivery, and pick-up of food carts to patient care areas. Demonstrates flexibility with assignments within professional scope/duties/licensure.
Required Experience:
Preferred Experience:
• No formal education or previous experience required, but prior food service experience is a plus.
• Ability to learn and perform a variety of tasks on the job.
• Ability to work efficiently and complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Strong attention to detail, especially regarding food safety and sanitation.
• Good communication and teamwork skills to work effectively with other staff.
• Ability to follow instructions and perform repetitive tasks consistently.
• Physical stamina to stand for long periods and handle food service equipment safely.
Required Licensure/Education:
No licenses or certifications required.
Preferred Licensure/Education:
Responsibilities:
Essential Job Duties:
Serve patient food trays accurately and efficiently.
• Prepare and package box meals for patients and other needs.
• Deliver and pick up food carts to and from patient care areas.
• Ensure that all food safety and sanitation standards are maintained during meal service.
• Correctly and safely use chemicals as per department standards.
• Perform general dishwashing duties, including cleaning of dishes, pots, pans, and utensils.
• Maintain cleanliness in backroom areas, tray line, dish room, and other food service areas.
• Assist with custodial tasks related to the kitchen and food service areas, ensuring cleanliness and compliance with safety protocols.
• Work on assigned tasks for special functions as directed by supervisors.
• Follow job flow standards for patient care, dish room, and cleaning tasks.
Nonessential Job Duties:
Serve patient food trays accurately and efficiently.
• Prepare and package box meals for patients and other needs.
• Deliver and pick up food carts to and from patient care areas.
• Ensure that all food safety and sanitation standards are maintained during meal service.
• Correctly and safely use chemicals as per department standards.
• Perform general dishwashing duties, including cleaning of dishes, pots, pans, and utensils.
• Maintain cleanliness in backroom areas, tray line, dish room, and other food service areas.
• Assist with custodial tasks related to the kitchen and food service areas, ensuring cleanliness and compliance with safety protocols.
• Work on assigned tasks for special functions as directed by supervisors.
• Follow job flow standards for patient care, dish room, and cleaning tasks.
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 cutter,
sanitizer
Video Display Terminals: None
Blood and Body Fluids: Occasional possibility to
saliva and very rarely blood and/or vomit
TB or Airborne Pathogens: Frequent visits to
patient floors
Sensory requirements (speech, vision,
smell, hearing, touch):
Speech: Must be able to talk to staff 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: 12- 24
Shift: Days/afternoons
Percentage of time during the normal
workday the employee is required to:
Sit: 0%
Twist: 2%
Stand: 80%
Crawl: 0%
Walk: 60%
Kneel: 0%
Lift: 20%
Drive: 0%
Squat: 1%
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.):
Carry trays of food, stacks of dishes, cans of
food, boxes of supplies, pots and pans.
Occasionally lift something shoulder high.
Maximum consecutive time (minutes)
during the normal workday for each
activity:
Sit: 0
Twist: 1
Stand: 180
Crawl: 0
Walk: 120
Kneel: 0
Lift: 2
Drive: 0
Squat: 1
Climb: 0
Bend: 1
Reach above shoulders: 1
Repetitive use of hands (Frequency
indicated):
Simple grasp up to 10 lbs. Normal Weight:
Pushing &pulling Normal weight: up to 200#
occasionally
Fine Manipulation: Controls on equipment, sharp
knives, writing, serving food trays, frequently
required to bend, twist, turn, reach out/up.
Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating
machine control: None
Environmental Factors &Special Hazards
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)