Job Essentials

• Understands work flow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlines
• Follows recipes and/or instructions in the preparation of food items
• Appropriately utilizes commercial cooking equipment
• Understands and prepares modified diets using appropriate techniques
• Follows HACCP food safety standards
• Maintains an organized and sanitary working environment
• Maintains proper quantities of production with appropriate rotation of product
• Safe food handling techniques are handled in all applications
• Interacts with customers in any venue-catering, retail outlets or patient care
• May prepare: bulk food items, large scale production, line cook or complete assembly of specialty meals and catered items
• May be required to deliver patient meals, cashier, stock, use automatic and manual ware-washing machines

Minimum Qualifications

• Food Handler's Permit as required by county.
• Demonstrated ability to read, write, and communicate effectively.
• Demonstrated customer service skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to follow instructions.
• Preferred: Experience in hotels, large-scale production facilities, education or business dining, one year of food service experience.

• Interact with patients and co-workers requiring the employee to verbally communicate information, as well as understand spoken information.
• Operate food service equipment or computer requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
• See and read labels, monitors, and documents.
• Carry, push/pull, and walk while transporting food, supplies, and service equipment.
• Climb, squat, kneel, and lift to clean equipment and reach and retrieve food and supplies.
• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator, and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.