Food Service Assistant

CHSGa•Macon, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Food Service Assistant supports food preparation and service for patients at Bolingreen Health & Rehab. The role assists the cook, prepares and serves meals, snacks, beverages, and between-meal nourishments, and follows diet orders and established procedures. It also involves cleaning and maintaining kitchen and dining areas, equipment, and dishwashing facilities; handling stock and food storage; recording required temperatures and checks; and complying with infection-control policies. The position requires a friendly, professional, and helpful manner when communicating with patients, families, visitors, and other associates.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively before groups of customers or associates.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to follow written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
Regularly sit, talk, or hear; frequently walk, use hands to handle or feel items, and reach with hands and arms; occasionally stand.
Close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Assist the cook with preparing meals, desserts, snacks, salads, and other dishes.
Prepare between-meal nourishments, including sandwiches, and serve nourishments according to procedures.
Set up the tray line and provide tray-line service; carry trays to patients and take meals to patients in the dining area.
Pour and serve beverages, prepare coffee or tea as requested, and follow procedures for serving associate meals.
Follow diet orders and NPO diet orders; offer and record menu substitutions according to guidelines.
Clean dining tables after meals and clean the work area, including sweeping and mopping.
Remove kitchen garbage and hose out garbage containers.
Scrape and wash dishes, pots, and pans; operate the dish machine and garbage disposal.
Clean kitchen equipment, including carts, tables, counters, ice machine, buckets, blender, mixer, meat slicer, freezer, refrigerator, stove, oven, steamer, garbage disposal, dish machine, coffee and tea maker, and steam table.
Operate the dish machine, garbage disposal, mixer, blender, meat slicer, steamer, and coffee and tea maker.
Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures; check and record water temperatures and check the dishwasher with sanitizer strips.
Check chemical levels and replace chemicals as needed.
Check stock, put stock away appropriately, store leftovers and opened food properly, and store cleaning materials appropriately.
Follow standardized recipes and use serving equipment such as ladles, spoons, and scoops.
Comply with infection-control policies in the work area.
Communicate warmly and professionally with associates, patients, family members, and visitors; respond to concerns and answer questions appropriately.
Contribute to committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts; perform other duties as necessary to support the System.