Food Service Worker - Dietary - Casual/Evenings - Req# 2097471591

Job Objective:

Under the supervision of the Dietary Supervisor, does a variety of general kitchen, serving, or cafeteria tasks for the provision of meals to patients, staff and visitors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accurately and efficiently handle, store, prepare, order, documents, and serve food products under established instructions while complying with sanitation and HACCP requirements.
• Serves food for patients and guests following proper portion control and garnish while ensuring product is fresh-looking and attractively styled.
• Responsible for always providing service to patrons and staff in a positive, pleasant, and cheerful manner.
• Tastes, takes, and records temperatures and/or ratios of food items insuring standards are maintained according to procedure and HACCP standards and procedures.
• Operates kitchen equipment as needed for food preparation, serving and cleanliness.
• Washes dishes and pots, cleans and disinfects equipment within the allotted time frame.
• Performs deep cleaning and proper sanitation of equipment and work areas as assigned using the appropriate chemicals and safety equipment for cleaning.
• Maintains cleanliness in entire dietary services and serving areas by sweeping, mopping, emptying trash and carrying out any other tasks as needed to maintain standards.
• Restocks assigned area before, throughout, and after each shift.
• Uses universal precautions at all times by wearing gloves, goggles, washing hands frequently, and utilizing any applicable PPE for task being performed.
• Records and logs all required information such as temperatures and sanitation levels correctly within assigned work area and ensures documentation is properly completed.
• Reports equipment malfunction and temperature abnormalities to the Supervisor.
• Delivers and serves food products required for food and nutritional services operations at varied locations on campus with carts or delivery vehicles.
• Responsible for always providing service to patrons and associates in a positive, pleasant, and cheerful manner.
• Assists and performs other related duties as assigned or requested within the department, expected to promote teamwork at all times.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English (verbal and written)

Non-Essential Duties

• Performs other office related tasks such as typing, faxing and filing.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge

• Knowledge of kitchen equipment
• Knowledge of proper food preparation, storage and handling
• Knowledge of basic math and ratios.

Skills

• Strong customer service skills.
• Displays attention to detail and accuracy

Abilities

• Ability to learn proper sanitation and HACCP techniques and procedures
• Ability to work collaboratively with others to coordinate activities and meet timelines.
• Ability to comprehend and follow oral and written instructions and recipes
• Ability to complete simple records with clear, legible handwriting.

Core Competencies: All AVH employees will effectively demonstrate these behaviors:

Accountability

Action Oriented

Customer Focused

Compassion

Effective Communication

Teamwork

Ethics & Values

Integrity & Trust

Education and Experience:

Education

• High School Diploma preferred but not required.

Experience

• Prior experience is preferred but not required.

Required Licensure and/or Certifications:

• None

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Work usually performed in a very active institutional kitchen/cafeteria environment; with small limited workspace; and in Walk-in Freezer and Refrigerators.
• Standing and walking majority of shift, with repeated bending, squatting, and stooping.
• Frequent pushing/pulling up to 50 lbs
• Lifting up to 25 lbs frequently throughout shift.

A detailed description of the physical requirements of this job is maintained in the Employee Health Department.

Education and Experience:

Education

• High School Diploma preferred but not required.

Experience

• Prior experience is preferred but not required.

Required Licensure and/or Certifications:

• None