Job Overview
Compensation
Hourly
Range $15.00 - $18.44
Work Schedule
Day Shifts
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
retirement savings plan
Paid Time Off
employee wellness program
discount programs
Job Description
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital is a renowned healthcare institution that has been serving its community with exceptional medical care for more than 100 years. As part of the Cleveland Clinic system—one of the top-ranked hospitals in the nation—Akron General focuses on delivering patient-centered care that prioritizes comfort and quality. The hospital is dedicated to treating each patient as part of its family, ensuring that every aspect of healthcare, including nutritional needs, is addressed with the utmost attention and compassion. The collaborative environment encourages healthcare professionals to work in harmony to support the well-being of patients and their families alike.
The role of a Porter at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital is vital to maintaining a clean and safe environment within the facility. This position involves various responsibilities that support effective food service operations and sanitation in the hospital. As a Porter, you will be responsible for cleaning, pot dishwashing, and performing a variety of sanitary duties throughout the department. Additionally, you'll be tasked with requisitioning, receiving, storing, inventorying, and distributing food and Food Service supplies efficiently. These efforts contribute to both patient satisfaction and the operational excellence of the hospital’s nutrition services.
Working hours for this role typically include day and evening shifts between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM or 11:30 AM to 8:00 PM. The position demands conscientious attention to sanitation procedures to keep work areas orderly, clean, and organized. Porters play a crucial role in operating and maintaining kitchen equipment like dish machines, refrigerators, ovens, fryers, and ranges, employing the "clean-as-you-do" approach to uphold safety and hygiene standards.
The position also entails transporting clean and dried wares, supplies, food and beverage items, prepared meals, and patient food carts across the hospital. Other duties include filtering and transporting used hot grease, handling garbage disposal systems, and maintaining departmental chemical dispensers and ice in cafeteria dispensers. Monitoring equipment and reporting any discrepancies related to order accuracy, supplies, or safety conditions to supervisors is also required.
The job requires the ability to perform continuously repetitive tasks and work standing for extended periods while handling materials weighing between 50-60 pounds, ensuring good eye/hand coordination and the ability to follow safety protocols. This role offers a competitive pay range from $15.00 to $18.44 per hour, reflecting the candidate's experience and qualifications. Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital provides a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, dental, vision insurance, and retirement plans. This position is ideal for individuals who are motivated to contribute to a reputable healthcare environment and eager to uphold high standards of service and cleanliness within a world-class hospital setting.
The role of a Porter at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital is vital to maintaining a clean and safe environment within the facility. This position involves various responsibilities that support effective food service operations and sanitation in the hospital. As a Porter, you will be responsible for cleaning, pot dishwashing, and performing a variety of sanitary duties throughout the department. Additionally, you'll be tasked with requisitioning, receiving, storing, inventorying, and distributing food and Food Service supplies efficiently. These efforts contribute to both patient satisfaction and the operational excellence of the hospital’s nutrition services.
Working hours for this role typically include day and evening shifts between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM or 11:30 AM to 8:00 PM. The position demands conscientious attention to sanitation procedures to keep work areas orderly, clean, and organized. Porters play a crucial role in operating and maintaining kitchen equipment like dish machines, refrigerators, ovens, fryers, and ranges, employing the "clean-as-you-do" approach to uphold safety and hygiene standards.
The position also entails transporting clean and dried wares, supplies, food and beverage items, prepared meals, and patient food carts across the hospital. Other duties include filtering and transporting used hot grease, handling garbage disposal systems, and maintaining departmental chemical dispensers and ice in cafeteria dispensers. Monitoring equipment and reporting any discrepancies related to order accuracy, supplies, or safety conditions to supervisors is also required.
The job requires the ability to perform continuously repetitive tasks and work standing for extended periods while handling materials weighing between 50-60 pounds, ensuring good eye/hand coordination and the ability to follow safety protocols. This role offers a competitive pay range from $15.00 to $18.44 per hour, reflecting the candidate's experience and qualifications. Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital provides a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, dental, vision insurance, and retirement plans. This position is ideal for individuals who are motivated to contribute to a reputable healthcare environment and eager to uphold high standards of service and cleanliness within a world-class hospital setting.
Job Requirements
- Ability to work rapidly to meet time deadlines
- Performs work requiring continuous standing and lifting of materials 50-60 pounds
- Good eyesight and good arm and hand dexterity
- Good eye/hand coordination essential
- Ability to work most of the day while standing, walking, lifting, reaching, bending, carrying, climbing and pushing
- Willingness to do Lead Porter work when required
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required
Job Qualifications
- Three months of experience in the same type of work
- Understanding of orders/invoices
- Knowledge of mathematics to ensure extensions of invoices and supply levels are correct
- Aptitude and ability for food service and sanitation work
- Willingness to perform repetitious tasks on a continuous basis
- Ability to tolerate hands and arms frequently immersed in water and dishwashing compounds
- High school diploma or GED preferred
- Dietary experience preferred
- One year of experience as a Porter preferred
Job Duties
- Keep work area neat, clean and organized by completing work assignments, utilizing proper sanitation procedures, cleaning equipment such as refrigeration, hoods, ovens, fryer, ranges
- Operate, assemble, disassemble and clean the dish machine while ensuring proper temperature, chemical supplies and clean water levels are maintained
- Transport clean and dried wares, supplies, food/beverage items, prepared meals and patient food carts
- Filter and transport used hot grease to holding barrels
- Report any equipment, personnel, safety, order, supply, assignment, recipe or quantity/quality discrepancy to immediate supervisor
- Operate the garbage disposal, cart elevator when necessary, trash compactor, grease filter machine, Wet Vac with Ground Fault Indicator and dish machine
- Prepare items for unit orders, stock supplies for units/offices, fill orders from inventory with proper documentation, adhere to order amounts and standard stock levels and monitor and return outdated products
- Load trays into patient carts, maintain ice in Cafeteria ice dispensers, fill chemical dispensers throughout department
- Keep floors dry and free of litter or debris
- Follow safety rules, regulations, procedures, utilize provided safety equipment, follow directions/procedures on use of chemicals, and report any accident immediately to the supervisor
Job Criteria
Experience
No experience required
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