Job Details
** Associate Food Service Attendant - Dietary**
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New **Advance your career working at a Magnet recognized hospital known for clinical quality and patient safety. Providence St. Joseph Health offers a comprehensive range of benefits including but not limited to professional advancement, extensive health and program wellness offerings as well as competitive compensation, PTO, and retirement plans. We look forward to hearing from you!** **We are looking for an Associate Food Service Attendant for the Dietary Department at St. Joseph Hospital Orange.**
Location: Orange CA
Work Schedule: On Call/ Per Diem
Shift: 8-hour, Days (Variable)
**Job Summary:**
Works under close supervision and according to established policies and procedures of the department. Washes and sanitizes dishes, glasses, serving trays, silverware, pots, pans, kitchen utensils by hand, and automatic dish washing machine according to established policies and procedures. Stores all the above in appropriate areas and maintains work area in a neat and orderly condition. **Essential Functions**
* Performs ware-washing according to established sanitation standards and procedures including: preparing solutions; scraping, rinsing, sorting and stacking dirty items; operating dishwashing machine; inspecting washed items; washing, scouring, and sanitizing items; and returning clean items to proper storage place.
* Works on tray assembly in all positions in a timely, accurate manner. During high volume meal periods, ensures 100% patient tray assembly readiness by stocking and rotating items on tray assembly area.
* Cleans dishroom and kitchen as required according to department sanitation standards.
* Removes garbage from the kitchen as required according to department sanitation standards disposes properly.
**Skills:**
* Knowledge of cleanliness and sanitation standards.
* Good verbal and visual skills to read labels, take and record water temperatures, and measure detergents properly.
* Knowledge of liquid measures.
* Ability to speak, read, and understand for job related duties.
* Customer Service skills.
* Proficient in required competencies upon completion of orientation, as listed on the unit specific competency inventory.
**Minimum Position Requirements:**
**Experience:** 6 months Sanitation experience (i.e. dish room, pots, equipment, etc.). **Apply Today! Applicants that meet qualifications will receive a text message with additional questions from our Modern Hire system.** Compassion. Dignity. Justice. Excellence. Integrity.
These timeless values form the heart and soul of St. Joseph Hospital. They are the prime reason that we attract and retain high-caliber employees who believe in the sanctity of their work in our faith-based setting.
As a result of this affinity, most of our employees have remained with us for at least five years. Over 40 percent of our new employees were either referred by friends or applied to work at St. Joseph based on our reputation. It is little wonder, then, that retention rate is significantly higher than the average for healthcare institutions in our community.
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When you take the latest in medical technology and place it in the hands of highly skilled clinicians, recognition is sure to follow. In July 2007, 2008 and 2009, St. Joseph Hospital was named one "America's Best Hospitals" for Orthopedic Care by U. S. News and World Report. This highly esteem recognition is testimony to our unique blend medical science and compassionate, values-based care.
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St. Joseph Hospital offers a unique environment in which healthcare givers who share a kindred spirit can do important work and grow both spiritually and professionally. Here, values-based employees view their jobs not simply as careers but also as callings.
St. Joseph Hospital provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, St. Joseph Hospital complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Positions specified as "on call/per diem" refers to employment consisting of shifts scheduled on as "as needed basis" to fill in for staff vacancies.