Food Service Assistant - FT - Evening

CHSGa•Augusta, GA

About The Position

Harrington Park Health & Rehab is hiring a full-time evening Food Service Assistant to support meal preparation and service for patients. The role assists the cook, prepares and serves meals and between-meal nourishments, maintains kitchen and dining areas, operates and cleans food-service equipment, and follows infection-control, food-storage, sanitation, and dietary procedures. The position is part of a non-profit, mission-driven organization. Starting pay is $15.16 per hour, paid weekly.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
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 basic arithmetic with 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.
Ability to communicate professionally and maintain a helpful, caring demeanor with associates, patients, family members, and visitors.

Responsibilities

Assist the cook with meal preparation and prepare desserts, snacks, salads, and other dishes.
Carry trays to patients, take meals to patients in the dining area, serve beverages, and assist with pouring juice, milk, water, and tea.
Prepare between-meal nourishments, including sandwiches, and serve nourishments according to procedures.
Set up the tray line and perform tray-line service; follow diet and NPO orders, offer and record menu substitutions, and serve associate meals according to procedures.
Clean dining tables after meals and clean the work area at the end of shifts and after meals, 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 mixer, blender, meat slicer, steamer, coffee and tea maker, and other food-service equipment as needed.
Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures and check and record water temperatures.
Check stock and put away supplies appropriately; store cleaning materials and leftovers/opened food properly.
Check dishwasher operation with sanitizer strips and check and replace chemical levels as needed.
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, and perform other duties as needed to support the System.