Job Details

Townsen Memorial Hospital

Townsen Memorial Hospital is looking for a Dietary Aide/Cafeteria Technician to join our newest location in Houston, TX (77072).

The Dietary Aide/Cafeteria Technician role will be responsible for preparing and serving food items to patients, staff, and visitors as well as maintaining food service facilities in a safe and sanitary condition, ensuring health and safety standards are respected, and solving customer inquiries.

Essential Functions:

• Apportions and serves food to patients, employees, or patrons
• Cleans and inspects equipment, kitchen appliances, and work areas to ensure cleanliness and functional operation
• Maintains kitchen and dining area logs of such areas accurately and timely
• Performs serving, cleaning, and stocking duties in order to facilitate customer service
• Prepares kitchen area for health inspections; ensures all regulatory and health department rules are followed at all times
• Maintains clean and orderly checkout areas and completes other general cleaning duties such as mopping floorings and emptying trash cans
• Maintains adequate supplies of items such as, silverware, glassware, dishes, and trays
• Washes pots, pans, dishes, utensils, and other cooking equipment
• Assists in daily cash handling and daily deposit transactions as needed
• Estimates daily and weekly needs and keeps daily record of meals served and takes inventory of supplies and equipment
• Provides services to cafeteria consumers in an efficient and friendly manner
• Preps menu items using established policies and procedures with input from the Dietitian
• Prepares kitchen and cafeteria for next day service
• Coordinates and participates with regularly scheduled quality checks of the food quality, temperature checks in collaboration with the Dietitian
• Performs other related duties as assigned to support the hospital

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Competent and conscientious with a customer-oriented approach
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of sanitation and safety guidelines
• Understanding of dietary restrictions and ability to accommodate special dietary needs

Education and Experience:

• Current and unencumbered Food Handler certification in the State of Texas
• Six (6) months of food preparation in a healthcare setting and knowledgeable of all regulatory requirements for serving food to patients and visitors
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certified

Benefits:

• 3 Medical Plans
• 2 Dental Plans
• 1 Vision Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Plans
• 401(k) with a 2-year vesting
• PTO + Holidays

Townsen Memorial Hospital is an accredited network of facilities with an emphasis on emergency care, outpatient surgery, and diagnostics and imaging. Our core mission is to provide compassionate, evidence-based patient care to those we serve. At Townsen Memorial, we encompass diversity, dignity, and inclusiveness as a reflection of our core values. Townsen Memorial is committed to driving cutting edge healthcare to our patients, our communities and each other.