Culinary Associate I/Dish Room - Culinary/Nutrition

Kettering Health • Kettering, OH

23h • Onsite

About The Position

The Culinary Associate I is responsible for ensuring dishes, utensils, pots, and pans are clean, dry, and stored appropriately. This role also involves performing general cleaning tasks, following HACCP principles, and managing position paperwork. The associate will utilize correct hand hygiene procedures, respond effectively to patients and internal/external customers, and safely operate position equipment, including performing applicable cleaning and sanitation procedures.

Requirements

• Able to walk and stand for long periods of time
• Able to push and pull wheeled carts
• Able to communicate effectively and follow oral and written instructions
• Able to tolerate frequent temperature changes, working around equipment that generates heat, steam and cold

Nice To Haves

• High School diploma or GED preferred
• Food service or customer service experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Ensures dishes, utensils, pots and pans are clean, dry, and stored appropriately.
• Performs general cleaning tasks as assigned, including mopping floors.
• Follows HACCP principles in completing tasks.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Accurately manages position paperwork (dish machine temperatures, 3-compartment sink form, etc.).
• Follows correct hand hygiene procedures (uses gloves when scrapping trays, washes hands between working on dirty side of dish room and clean side, etc.).
• Utilizes appropriate scripting and responds to patients/internal and external customers (responds to internal customers such as Cafeteria staff, Expeditors, Call Center staff, Supervisors, Physician Lounge attendant, and each other in a way that promotes collaboration).
• Effectively and safely uses position equipment, performing applicable cleaning/sanitation procedures (ensures dish room chemical dispensers have product, empties and cleans dish machine after each meal, de-limes dis machine on a weekly basis, ensures all items are clean and dry before being put away, etc.).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED