Food Services Inventory Clerk, Part Time, Winston Salem Details

Food Services Inventory Clerk, Part Time, Winston Salem

Atrium Health - Winston-Salem, NC

Employment Type : Full-Time

Overview

JOB SUMMARY:

Inventories, orders, receives, stores, and issues food and supply items for the department in accordance with established policy and within budgeting guidelines. Requires significant product handling, lifting stock, pushing heavy carts, etc.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent with two years' experience in food service production environment.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:

• Valid North Carolina driver's license required.
• Operating certificate for power jacks.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Adheres to the hospital and departmental policies and procedures promoting a cooperative work environment. Demonstrates a personal responsibility and commitment to customer service and satisfaction by utilizing communication skills to interact with patients, customers, and staff to develop interpersonal relationships and team building.

2. Contributes to overall positive patient and customer satisfaction striving to meet the highest service and quality standards.

3. Maintains a 97% or better sanitation rating from the Health Department by following sanitation policies and completing daily/weekly cleaning assignments. Maintains a double gold rating from NSF. Ensures that Sodexo standards are consistently being met. Department maintains a minimum average Gold Check score of silver.

4. Follows all workplace safety and sanitation rules and regulations helping to maintain a safe work environment.

5. Completes required in-service training, job specific training, annual Compliance and HIPAA training, and annual TJC/OSHA training.

6. Minimizes product waste and controls cost, to include refusing unacceptable products due to spoilage and various other reasons. All equipment and supplies are properly utilized, maintained, and handled properly to avoid breakage. Operates and recharges equipment as necessary.

7. Participates in department's performance improvement initiatives. Duties are performed accurately and efficiently. Works as a team player. Provides support to other Food and Nutrition Services departments as requested by management.

8. Orders and receives products, meeting departmental specifications, ensuring food and supplies are available in sufficient time for preparation and service. Ensures that product shortages or returns are accurately recorded on the delivery ticket or invoice. Submits order invoices in a timely manner to Accounting Clerk for processing.

9. Maintains clean and organized loading dock, issuing, receiving, and storage areas. Practices FIFO rule. Maintains raw products below all cooked products, as well as temperature log for all boxes.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Fluent in English Knowledge of food service equipment
• Ability to communicate with a wide variety of people including employees, nursing staff, managers, and hospital staff Initiative to solve problems as well as work independently and efficiently
• Ability to adjust to the needs of the department
• Desires to achieve high customer service standards
• Ability to work weekends and holidays

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• May be required to work in all areas of the Food and Nutrition Services departments including kitchen and retail areas
• Exposure to wet tile floors
• Exposure to sharp equipment