Cold Food Prep Assistant - Nutrition Services

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health•Lebanon, NH

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Cold Food Prep Assistant prepares and assembles cold food items for patient and retail services, following recipes and utilizing automatic food service preparation equipment. This role also involves performing various cleaning and sanitizing duties to maintain hygiene standards.

Requirements

Ability to read and write required.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma (or GED) strongly preferred.
Prior satisfactory work experience is desired.

Responsibilities

Prepares vegetables in bulk for later use in recipes.
Slices deli meats and vegetables for cold food service
Follows recipes to make bulk products following standardized recipes and production methods. Creates recipes for retail sales.
Prepares patient nourishment's and write-ins as tallied following proper production procedures.
Assembles and plates patient salads and sandwiches for tray line assembly. Assembles add-on sheet items and tube feeding items following proper procedures.
Prepares food items for all areas.
Ensures that area and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards and quality.
Loads and operates dish washing equipment. Takes dish machine temperatures daily.
Takes food temperatures daily to assure compliance with State and Joint Commission standards.
Performs assigned cleaning functions, ensuring that areas and equipment are maintained up to accepted standards of quality.
Operates food preparation equipment (ex. slicer, chopper and buffalo)
Performs catering related duties. Sets up, delivers and/or picks up food items for scheduled functions following existing procedures.
Maintains and properly stocks all necessary food and supply items.
Labels and dates all necessary food and supply items.
Uses and mixes chemicals in a safe manner. Labels all secondary bottles.
Performs other duties as required or assigned.