Nutrition Food Service Aide

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Job Title

Nutrition Food Service Aide

Location

Port St Lucie

Facility

Tradition Hospital

Department

TMC Nutrition Services-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

Schedule

5:30am-8:30pm

Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital's team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the Port St. Lucie area. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers a wide variety of services to meet community needs. Here, you will be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.

When we do everything in service for our patients and caregivers, no detail gets ignored. On our team, your job will be to create a healing environment and nutritious food just like our patients have come to expect. For you, that means joining a team that's focused on delivering world-class care. All the while, we'll provide you with opportunities to keep advancing your career.

A caregiver in this position works day/evening/night/weekend, 5:30am8:30pm.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Prepare quality food items in accordance with production sheets, recipes, and menus.
• Operate kitchen equipment.
• Prepare food on the grill, in ovens, or using an induction stove.
• Prepare cold food items, vegetables, salad mixes, and sandwich spreads.
• Selecting, measuring, grinding, slicing and mixing ingredients.
• Assist the cook and nutrition assistants.
• Assist in the assembly of food for final preparation.
• Assemble, transport and pick up patient trays to and from patient rooms.
• Assist in preparing, setting up, serving and cleaning up special dinners and luncheons.

Follow proper sanitation procedures to produce, maintain, and leave a clean, sanitized, and organized work area. Practice proper food handling techniques and the "clean as you go" policy. Organize supplies and food products. Operate, load, and unload the dishwasher.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Can work in hot kitchens around hot equipment and a variety of other potential hazards ranging from spills on floors to sharp cutting equipment (knives, slicers, etc.).
• Can withstand changes in work environment temperatures (hot kitchen to cooler).
• An insensitivity to allergic reactions, as you will be around sanitation chemicals, gloves, food and supplies.

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience in food service OR the ability to perform general food service duties.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to work in hot kitchen around hot equipment and a variety of other potential hazards ranging from spills on floors to sharp cutting equipment (knives, slicer). Ability to withstand changes in work environment temperatures (hot kitchen to cooler).
• An insensitivity to allergic reactions to required sanitation chemicals, gloves, food and supplies used and essential to the job.
• Ability to work in wet environment with hands frequently exposed to water.
• Must have physical qualifications to walk, stand for extended periods of time, as well as entering walk-in coolers and freezers to obtain needed products, with assistance when.
• Ability to lift 30 lbs.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

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