SUMMARY: Performs a variety of duties to set-up, distribute, and recover patient meal trays efficiently and accurately. Assembles, distributes and/or serves meals for the cafeteria and special functions. Maintain areas of the kitchen, cafeteria, and unit kitchens in clean and orderly condition. Performs duties of Cafeteria Cashier and performs other related duties as required. Performs specific ware-washing duties as assigned Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include: Instill Trust and Value Differences Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate RESPONSIBILITIES: Demonstrates understanding of Hospital’s and Brown University Health’s Mission, Vision, and Values. Demonstrates understanding of job description, performance expectations, and competency assessment plan. Demonstrates a commitment toward meeting and exceeding the needs of our customers and consistently adheres to our Customer Service Standards. Complies with department and hospital policies and procedures. - reviews department policies and procedures - reviews hospital policies and procedures Completes mandatory education - Hospital-wide - Department-specific - Job-specific Participates in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities. Demonstrates a working knowledge of food service sanitation, infection control principles, and uses accepted techniques in handling, serving, and storing of food. Operates dish machine and pot &pan machine safely: Records correct temperature readings during use. Ensures detergent dispensers are full. Reports malfunctioning equipment immediately. Processes dishes, utensils, pots &pans: Scrapes excess soil from dishes Soaks all silverware, utensils, and pots. Loads and operates dish machine and pot &pan machine. Unloads machines and stores clean ware in appropriate place. Cleans interior of dish machine and pot &pan machine, work counters, stainless steel surfaces, and conveyor belt area after each meal and according to standard procedures. Removes trash from Department after each meal, transports trash to dumpster, and cleans cart after each delivery. Follows posted cleaning schedules for Kitchen and Cafeteria equipment, refrigerators, freezers, storerooms and food carts and trucks. Sweeps and mops Kitchen and Cafeteria floors when assigned using standard procedures and posts wet floors signs to ensure safety of staff. Stocks cafeteria before and during meal service with trays, dishes, silverware, and utensils as needed. Checks and documents the refrigerator temperature daily on the Mental Health Unit. Fills and delivers floor stock orders to various patient units in a timely fashion. Receives and stores food supplies in storerooms, freezers, and refrigerators as assigned. Assembles patient trays for the following patient population: child, adult, geriatric Suicide Precaution MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Qualifications: Duties require ability to use simple tools and equipment and follow simple instructions. Required knowledge is usually achieved in grammar school. Physical Requirements: Must be able to stand/walk 3-7 hours per day, twist/bend infrequently, and lift 25-50 lbs with good body mechanics. Must be able to use both hands/wrists with moderate deviation, pinching repetitions and frequent fine motor skills. Requires accurate near vision at 20/20, minimal far vision and color discrimination, accurate depth perception and hear whispers at 3 feet. Pay Range: $17.00-$25.31 EEO Statement: Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Location: Newport Hospital - 11 Friendship Street Newport, Rhode Island 02840 Work Type: 10:30am - 7pm M-F and EOW Work Shift: Day Daily Hours: 8 hours Driving Required: No As Rhode Island's largest health system and private employer, Brown University Health is the state's premier provider of health services and includes the only Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England. Today, more than 20,000 people work at Brown University Health and bring their unique skills, experiences, and compassion to their jobs every day. Formed in 1994, Brown University Health is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprising three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Morton Hospital, community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island. Brown University Health is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity of cultural background, race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and perspectives - we are actively committed to a diverse workforce that represents the patients and community that we serve. 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