Dietary Porter

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Dietary Porter/Aide to join our team at AVALA_18281. As a key member of our food services team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our kitchen and food preparation areas.

• Assist in the preparation and serving of patient meals, as well as food for employees and visitors.
• Clean and maintain the kitchen and food preparation areas, including equipment and storage facilities.
• Stock and store all groceries and supplies in a timely and efficient manner.
• Assist with the opening and closing of the department, including taking out trash and recycling.
• Perform various patient food services and dish duties, as well as other related tasks.

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• ServSafe certification required or acquired within 30 days of employment.
• Previous experience in a hospital kitchen or cooking environment preferred.

• Action Orientation: Targets and achieves results, overcomes obstacles, accepts responsibility, establishes standards and responsibilities, creates a results-oriented environment, and follows through on actions.
• Communications: Communicates well both verbally and in writing, effectively conveys and shares information and ideas with others.
• Creativity/Innovation: Generates novel ideas and develops or improves existing and new systems that challenge the status quo.
• Critical Judgment: Possesses the ability to define issues and focus on achieving workable solutions.
• Customer Orientation: Listens to customers, builds customer confidence, increases customer satisfaction, ensures commitments are met, sets appropriate customer expectations, and responds to customer needs.
• Interpersonal Skills: Effectively and productively engages with others and establishes trust, credibility, and confidence with others.
• Leadership: Motivates, empowers, inspires, collaborates with, and encourages others.
• Teamwork: Knows when and how to attract, develop, reward, and utilize teams to optimize results.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires repetitive motions, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and stooping all day. The employee must frequently lift or move items weighing up to 50 pounds.