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MASSACHUSETTS DETOX CENTERS•Wilmington, MA

About The Position

The Food Service Assistant assists with meal and food preparation as assigned by the Executive Chef and helps maintain orderly storage and cleanliness throughout the kitchen, dining room, food storage, meal service, and refuse disposal areas. The position uses approved cleaning agents and removes trash and refuse from relevant areas. It is a full-time role that requires weekend availability. The role includes planning recipes and preparing meals and snacks, serving meals to patients respectfully, placing food orders, and managing food service inventory and kitchen staff schedules and reviews. The Food Service Assistant maintains sanitation and temperature records, uses kitchen equipment safely, follows facility and department policies, and responds to direction from the Director and/or Manager. The position also requires cooperation with others, adaptability to changing assignments, and rotation to other hospital areas within the limits of the employee’s training and skills.

Requirements

High school education or GED; work experience may substitute for educational requirements.
Entry-level position.
Knowledge of OSHA guidelines.
Ability to chop, dice, cube, and julienne vegetables.
Ability to operate kitchen equipment, including an outside gas grill.
Ability to work weekends.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to stand and reach with hands and arms for 50–75% of the shift.
Ability to talk or hear; frequently use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and occasionally walk, sit, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Commercial kitchen experience.
SERVSafe Certification.

Responsibilities

Assist the Executive Chef with meal and food preparation.
Maintain orderly storage and cleanliness in the kitchen, dining room, food storage, meal service, and refuse disposal areas.
Check and complete refrigerator and freezer temperature charts daily.
Use approved cleaning agents appropriately in food preparation, storage, and refuse disposal areas.
Use kitchen equipment with appropriate care and safety.
Plan recipes and ensure meal preparation.
Place food orders and inventory food service items and supplies.
Serve meals to patients politely and respectfully.
Prepare snacks for patients and chop, dice, cube, and julienne vegetables.
Gather dishes after meals and remove trash and refuse.
Operate kitchen equipment, including an outside gas grill.
Keep the work area clean and sanitary, and leave the work area and equipment clean before going off duty.
Report to work in clean, neat clothing; follow hygiene and grooming requirements, wear a hair net, and properly display a name badge.
Wash hands frequently and before preparing food.
Retrieve supplies from the storeroom, freezer, and refrigerator using appropriate body mechanics.
Follow safety rules and regulations, and report faulty equipment or unsafe conditions to the Director or Manager.
Carry out instructions and changes directed by the Director and/or Manager, and follow facility and department policies and procedures.
Attend departmental and facility in-services as indicated.
Complete special projects and other related work as requested or required.
Work cooperatively, adapt to changing situations and assignments, and rotate to other hospital areas within the limits of preparation, skill, and training.
Respond positively to guidance or counseling and seek management guidance when identifying potential departmental problems.
Demonstrate organizational skills and contribute new ideas and methods.
Maintain the kitchen staff schedule and complete staff reviews.
Communicate with others using appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication, including courtesy, tone of voice, facial expressions, and gestures.
Demonstrate the ability to perform duties safely and efficiently.