Dishroom Attendant
Orlando Health
About the Role
This position is located in St Petersburg, FL at Bayfront Hospital.
Key Responsibilities
- Loads and empties dish machine.
- Washes pots, pans, cooking utensils, and equipment by hand.
- Assists kitchen staff as needed.
- Removes waste and places in appropriate areas.
- Empties and cleans garbage receptacles.
- Cleans all serving carts.
- Cleans the dishroom by sweeping, mopping, washing walls, floors, and floor mats.
- Stocks all dishware and glassware as cleaned.
- Performs closing duties in accordance with standards.
- Follows MSDS standards, safety, sanitation, infection control procedures, and HACCP guidelines.
- Communicates proper information regarding customer and department needs to management staff and peers of the food service team.
- Models essential service behaviors, such as excellent communication and customer service skills with patients, nursing staff, and visitors.
- Interacts cooperatively and constructively.
- Communicates in an open, honest, gracious, and compassionate manner at all times, including person to person, telephone, and written forms.
- Complies with all hospital standards of performance.
- Retrieves and breaks down food carts from patient units.
- Completes dishroom temperature logs as required.
- Follows daily cleaning duties.
- Participates in monthly departmental meetings and all related in-services.
- Observes all departmental rules & regulations.
- Interacts appropriately with a culturally diverse population.
- Follows chain of command when communicating departmental and individual concerns or problems.
- Reports concerns and suggests creative ideas to exceed department and Orlando Health objectives.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- MSDS standards
- Safety
- Sanitation
- Infection control procedures
- HACCP guidelines
Qualifications
- Ability to read and recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers.
- Flexibility and willingness to embrace change.
- Ability and willingness to be cross-trained in varied positions.
- Willingness to work rotating shifts according to experience and business needs.