Salad-Dessert Worker - Full Time

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

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Summary:

• Position Summary: Prepares salads and or desserts, serves on patient tray assembly line, and assembles cold food for Meals on Wheels program. Maintains salad dessert storage, preparation areas and equipment in orderly, clean, and sanitary condition.
• Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties:
• Performs variety of preparation tasks supply procurement, measurement, set-up associated with salad and dessert production. Prepares salads and desserts to standardized recipes and portions.
• Sets up the salad and dessert stations on the patient tray assembly line, assuring that all items required for meal service are readily available at these stations.
• Places indicated portion of appropriate item on tray in proper manner, adhering to appearance standards.
• The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:
• Performs a variety of duties associated with backing up the salad and dessert stations on the patient tray assembly line.
• Keeps salad dessert storage, preparation and service areas in neat and clean condition.
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Minimum Required Qualifications:
• HS diploma or equivalent preferred.
• One 1 year of quantity food production experience.
• One 1 year of basic nutrition knowledge.
• Three 3 years of salad dessert and modified diets experience.
• Three 3 years of food handling and sanitation procedures experience.
• Three 3 years' experience with safety rules and equipment operation.
• ATTENTION CONCENTRATION - The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to focus on certain aspects of current experience and reject others:
• The position requires the ability to attend to a specific stimulus without being distracted by extraneous environmental stimuli. The individual must be able to attend to environmental detail with the ability to separate essential from non-essential or irrelevant stimuli. The attention skills required are generally considered to be automatic - - passive, but focused with an intact capacity for select perception.
• NEW LEARNING AND MEMORY - The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to learn and retain material:
• Job demands are only moderately routine and predictable. Minor changes may occur which require the individual to be able to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved instructions.
• PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND CREATIVE THINKING - The following level of ability that is essential for the jobholder to think in order to solve a problem by combining two or more elements from past experience or imaginative thought:
• The position requires the ability to evaluate existing options to resolve a presenting problem. The resolutions or options are clearly defined, limited in number and are altered infrequently. Selection of the most appropriate solution is based on well-established and defined guidelines.
• TEMPERAMENTS: The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act:
• Repetitive work: Ability to continuously perform the same type of work for extended periods of time, according to set procedures, sequence or pace.
• Working within tolerances, set limits or standards: Ability to adapt to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, tolerances, or standards; to be precise, thorough, exacting, or meticulous in regard to material worked; or in activities such as numerical determinations, record preparation, or inspecting.
• Performing under stressful conditions: Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are critical aspects of the job. Is subject to danger or risk, or to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.
• Variety and change: Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.
• Communication: Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.
• Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.
• EQUIPMENT USAGE REQUIREMENTS
• Equipment Tools: ovens, steamer, mixer, food processor, steam kettle, tube system, telephone, pans, knives, cutting boards, scales, thermometers, pens, menus, recipes, charts, can opener.
• Software: e-mail.
• PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
• Rarely 0-10%; Occasionally 11-35%; Frequently 36-70%; Continuously 71-100%
• Body Position Movement:
• Sit: Occasionally
• Stand: Continuously
• Walk: Frequently
• Bend: Rarely
• Push: Frequently
• Pull: Continuously
• Kneel Squat: Rarely
• Reach: Continuously
• Twist: Rarely
• Balance: Rarely
• Climb: Rarely
• Lifting: Degree of physical exertion is:
• Moderate, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• Sensory Abilities specifically required:
• Vision
• Hearing
• PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
• WORKING CONDITIONS: Position involves exposure to the following harmful elements:
• Extreme Noise Levels
• Extreme Temperatures
• Moving Rotating Machinery
• Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all other functions and or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.
  
  

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• H.S. Diploma/GED
  
  

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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