Food Service Assistant - PT - Night

CHSGa • Albany, GA

5d

About The Position

The Food Service Assistant supports meal preparation and food service for patients at Wynfield Park Health & Rehab. The role assists cooks with preparing meals, snacks, desserts, salads, and between-meal nourishments; serves food and beverages; and provides tray-line service. It also involves cleaning and sanitizing dining and kitchen areas, equipment, dishes, and garbage containers; monitoring and recording food storage and dishwashing temperatures; checking stock and chemical levels; storing supplies and leftovers correctly; and following diet orders, food-service procedures, and infection-control policies. The assistant is expected to communicate warmly and professionally with associates, patients, families, and visitors, and to contribute to collaborative organizational efforts. The position is part-time, night shift, with a starting pay of $15.16 per hour and weekly pay.

Requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively with associates, patients, family members, and visitors in a warm, professional, and helpful manner.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or associates.
• Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
• Ability to meet the described physical demands, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

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, make coffee and tea as requested, and follow procedures for serving associate meals.
• Follow patient diet orders and NPO orders; offer menu substitutions and record them according to procedural guidelines.
• Clean dining tables after meals and clean work areas at the end of shifts and after meals, including sweeping and mopping.
• Scrape and wash dishes, pots, and pans; remove kitchen garbage and hose out garbage containers.
• Clean kitchen equipment, including carts, tables, counters, appliances, and food-service machines.
• Operate the dish machine, garbage disposal, mixer, blender, meat slicer, steamer, and coffee and tea maker.
• Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures and check and record dishwashing and sink water temperatures.
• Check dishwasher sanitizer with test strips; check chemical levels and replace chemicals as needed.
• Check stock and put it away appropriately; store cleaning materials and opened food or leftovers properly.
• Follow standardized recipes, use serving equipment appropriately, and comply with infection-control policies.
• Communicate professionally and warmly with associates, patients, family members, and visitors; respond helpfully to concerns and questions.
• Contribute to committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts, and perform other duties as necessary.

Benefits

• myFlexPay, with the ability to receive pay before payday
• Paid time off with the ability to cash out
• Seven paid holidays
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with match
• Referral bonus program

What This Job Offers

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