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FTE: 0.300000

Shift: Nights

Location: RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER

Summary:

• Ability to learn a variety of tasks while on the job

License or Certification Requirements:

Responsibilities:

• Delivery and pick up food carts to patient care areas.
• Monitor and maintain food safety and sanitation standards when serving meals.
• Use chemicals correctly and safely per department standards.
• Work assigned tasks for special functions.
• Work assigned tasks in pots and pans area per job flow standards.
• Works assigned cleaning tasks per job flow standards.
• Works assigned patient care duties per job flow standards.
Works assigned tasks in a dish room per job flow standards.

Riverside Healthcare is revolutionizing care using leading-edge technology to diagnose and treat patients. We are ranked top in the nation for performance in neurosurgery, orthopedics, and heart surgery and have also been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics seven times. Riverside is nationally recognized for our specialty programs in obstetrics, trauma, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics, occupational health, psychiatric services, and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency, as well as patient safety. We combine innovation and convenience at state-of-the-art facilities located in communities throughout the greater Kankakee area.

Riverside Medical Center proves that truly progressive medicine is being delivered in Chicago's southwest suburbs and East Central Illinois. Join a team that is not only concerned with providing the best care possible but also with offering a work environment of advancement and growth. Riverside is a place that embraces a culture where opinions count and dedications is respected, where superior performance is rewarded with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

Other information:

Exposure/Sensory Requirements

Exposure to:
Chemicals: Cleaning products, grease cutter, sanitizer
Video Display Terminals: None
Blood and Body Fluids: Occasional possibility to saliva and very rarely blood and/or vomit
TB or Airborne Pathogens: Frequent visits to patient floors

Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch):
Speech: Must be able to talk to staff to complete assigned tasks.
Vision: Needed to see food being served and cleanliness of work areas
Smell: Helpful to note presence of electrical/fire hazard.
Hearing: Must be able to hear co-workers, customers and management.
Touch: Needed to handle dishes, silverware, etc., without dropping. Exposure to wet and slippery surfaces.

Activity/Lifting Requirements

Average Hours per Week: 12- 24

Shift: Days/afternoons

Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:
Sit: 0%
Twist: 2%
Stand: 80%
Crawl: 0%
Walk: 60%
Kneel: 0%
Lift: 20%
Drive: 0%
Squat: 1%
Climb: 0%
Bend: 10%
Reach above shoulders: 5%

The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:
Up to 10 lbs: Continuously
Up to 20 lbs: Frequently
Up to 35 lbs: Occasionally
Up to 50 lbs: Not Required
Up to 75 lbs: Not Required
Up to 100 lbs: Not Required
Over 100 lbs: Not Required

Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements. (Example: the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.):
Carry trays of food, stacks of dishes, cans of food, boxes of supplies, pots and pans. Occasionally lift something shoulder high.

Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:
Sit: 0
Twist: 1
Stand: 180
Crawl: 0
Walk: 1 20
Kneel: 0
Lift: 2
Drive: 0
Squat: 1
Climb: 0
Bend: 1
Reach above shoulders: 1

Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated):
Simple grasp up to 10 lbs. Normal Weight: <1# often>
Pushing & pulling Normal weight: up to 200# occasionally
Fine Manipulation: Controls on equipment, sharp knives, writing, serving food trays, frequently required to bend, twist, turn, reach out/up.

Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: None

Environmental Factors & Special Hazards

Environmental Factors (Time Spent) :
Inside hours: 8
Outside hours : 0

Temperature: Normal Range
Lighting: Average
Noise levels: Very loud
Humidity: Humid
Atmosphere:

Special Hazards : Mechanical, Electrical - Use of all equipment needed to complete tasks.
Protective Clothing Required: Slip resistant shoes; personal protective equipment (when using chemicals)