Food & Nutrition Aide-Food Service Food Production-Mount Sinai West-Part Time/Evenings (3:30pm-7:30pm)/Weekends

Mount Sinai Health System - New York, NY

Part-time

New York, NY

10,001+ employees

Hospitals

About the position

The Food and Nutrition Aide at Mount Sinai West is responsible for preparing, portioning, transporting, and serving food and beverages while adhering to standardized recipes and menus. This role plays a crucial part in ensuring that patients receive their meals according to dietary prescriptions and that food service operations run smoothly and safely.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and serves special catering functions as assigned.
• Prepares, portions, transports, and serves food and beverages as assigned.
• Follows standardized recipes, menus and production sheets as necessary.
• Uses various equipment while performing assigned tasks and cleans all equipment according to established guidelines.
• Sets up patient tray assembly carts, reads menus, and accurately assembles trays to follow patients' meal selections and diet prescriptions.
• Washes and prepares service ware and pots according to sanitary standards, ensuring only clean and well-maintained service ware is used for food handling and patient meal service.
• Maintains compliance with Policy and Procedures and HACCP and NYSDOH.
• Follows standard practices for storing, issuing, covering, labeling, and dating of foods.
• Properly disposes of waste and garbage.
• Prepares, portions, labels, and serves special nourishments and supplemental feeding to patients.
• Rotates stock in storage areas.
• Sweeps and mops floors, and washes equipment using proper agents and supplies.
• Sets up cafeteria stations, serves food to all customers, replenishes food and supplies, and keeps the station clean at all times.
• Passes out and collects patient menus and assists patients with menu selection.
• Receives and signs for food and supplies issued.
• Transports supplies to and from the kitchen and other areas throughout the hospital.
• Does general cleaning of all areas in food service.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Food Service experience preferred.

Benefits

• Salary range of $23.9347 - $26.0298 Hourly based on experience and education.