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Work Shift
Serves as the primary representative in the daily operation of Food and Nutrition and coordinates the Patient Service Department activities. Oversees the tray line assembly process, the diet office/formula room and the patient tray transport process to ensure conformance to food quality standards. Supervises staff, monitors compliance of policies and procedures and maintains effective communications within and outside of the department. Conducts quality monitors to assure excellence in patient food service.
Safely operates, maintains and cleans the following equipment: spoken menus; computers, fax machine, tray delivery carts, toasters, microwaves, tray-line equipment, and coffee machines. Must be able to recognize accuracy, appearance and proper temperature of all hot and cold items served. Ensures food temperatures meet HACCP requirements during tray assembly and transport.
Must know the correct procedure for reading menus. Must know portion control for all hot and cold food items. Must know how to properly store all items in storeroom, freezer and refrigerators along with stock rotation.
Must be able to open kitchen, which includes checking menus before breakfast to remove discharges, put diet changes into effect and add new admissions. Turn on all equipment. Check tray line. Fill-in for absent employees. Manage the kitchen area.
Verifies daily schedules, adjusts assignments and reassigns tasks, as needed, for coverage of patient food service. Performs new employee orientation and completes competency checks within three weeks of employment.
Must be able to keep all storage areas, refrigerators/freezers clean, neat and orderly. Must be capable of performing as patient meal host/diet clerk. Follow closeout procedures to ensure the kitchen is cleaned and locked at night. Demonstrate knowledge of adherence to administrative, hospital and departmental rules/policies/procedures and objectives.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
Minimum 3 years non-commercial food service. Required and
Knowledgeable in normal and therapeutic nutrition or willing to learn and apply all aspects of nutrition and food handling
Understand and follow standard practice or oral/written instructions
Able to read and write; use simple arithmetic/record keeping, computers and simple office machines
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At Wellstar, people are at the center of everything we do and every decision we make. As a not-for-profit organization, we have made a generational commitment to transform healthcare for all. We work to ensure every person has access to personalized care that helps them spend more time being a person, rather than a patient. That’s what we mean when we say we’re more than healthcare–we’re PeopleCare.
Wellstar is nationally recognized for our inclusive culture, exceptional doctors and team members, and personal, high-quality care. We thoughtfully reinvest in prevention, wellness programs and charity care, and provide access to compassionate, world-class care through our expansive system of 11 hospitals, 329 medical office locations, 11 cancer centers, 91 rehabilitation centers, 35 imaging centers, 20 urgent care locations, five health parks, three hospice facilities and two retirement villages. To learn more about how we care for the communities we serve, visit wellstar.org.
When we say we serve the community, we mean it. Wellstar medical centers, health parks, medical offices and other facilities are conveniently located across the state of Georgia.
With more than 1 million patient visits in 2023, the Wellstar Health Parks in East Cobb, Acworth, Avalon, Cherokee and Vinings provided patients with seamless care and convenient access to primary care, specialists, outpatient procedures, pharmacy, urgent care, physical therapy and imaging—all at a single location. It’s part of our commitment to offer access to quality healthcare at the right time and place for our patients.