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Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Come join the Food & Nutrition team at Mercy Medical Center, part of Trinity Health Of New England! We are a member of the nationwide Trinity Health family, bringing compassionate care to our communities.

Position Purpose:

Supervises and trains all assigned food service employees. Oversees various food service functions (i.e. patient feeding, cafeteria, special functions, etc.). Assures staff adherence to all department policies and procedures. Maintains logs and completes reports related to areas of responsibility.

What you will do:

+ Supervises assigned food service employees on a daily basis.

+ Collaborates with department head in all HR related management duties including but not limited to the recruitment and selection of personnel, training, coaching and disciplining assigned food service employees as required.

+ Completes employee evaluations.

+ Completes employee work schedules and covers for absences.

+ In coordination with other food service management, responsible for all food service employees in the absence of the Department Head.

+ Assures that all required safety, sanitation, and safe food handling procedures are followed.

+ Assumes checker position on patient tray line.

+ Maintains all required information logs including refrigerator and dish and pot machine temps, food temps, sanitizer test strip, and sanitation inspection reports.

+ Assists in the purchasing of food and non-food items for the Dietary/Nutrition Department.

- Performs diet office functions including, but not limited to:

+ Updating and maintaining diet orders

+ Updating and maintaining food allergy information

+ Updating supplement orders

+ Updating patients’ food preferences

+ Updating admissions and discharges

+ Preparing patient menus and nourishment labels to meet the patient’s diet order, food allergy restrictions and patient’s food preferences

+ Preparing production report for the next day

Working Conditions:

+ Requires working in a normal environment where there are relatively few physical discomforts. Some lifting required.

Minimum Qualifications** **:

+ Work requires the knowledge received through obtaining a high school diploma or GED.

+ ServSafe certification required.

+ Requires one (1) to three (3) years of food service supervisory. Ability to supervise food service personnel and maintain organization and workflow of the food service operation.

+ Ability to perform a variety of food service management duties including scheduling, training, recordkeeping and insuring adherence to department policies and procedures.

+ Knowledge of Medical Nutrition Therapy including food allergies.

+ Ability to apply theory into practice and to think critically to solve problems.

Position Highlights and Benefits

+ Per Diem - Rotating Shift

+ Our Mission and Core Values

+ Career growth and advancement potential

+ Award-winning Patient Access Department

**Pay Range:** $21.35 - $32.05 hr.

Pay is based on experience, skills, and education. Exempt positions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will be paid within the base salary equivalent of the stated hourly rates. The pay range may also vary within the stated range based on location.

We are a group of primary care providers, specialists and surgeons serving patients in Connecticut and western Massachusetts. Part of Trinity Health Of New England, we offer primary care, specialty care, surgery, urgent care, rehabilitation, and imaging and lab services for thousands of patients every year.

Ministry/Facility Information

Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran