Food Service Assistant - PRN - Evening Shift

CHSGa • Cartersville, GA

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About The Position

The Food Service Assistant supports meal preparation and service for patients and associates at Townsend Park Health & Rehab. The role assists the cook with meals, snacks, desserts, salads, and nourishments; prepares and serves beverages; delivers trays and meals; and follows diet orders and procedures for substitutions and leftovers. It also involves cleaning dining and kitchen areas, dishes, equipment, and garbage containers; monitoring and recording food-storage and dishwashing temperatures; checking stock and chemical levels; and following infection-control and food-service procedures. The position requires friendly, professional communication with associates, patients, family members, and visitors, along with the ability to read instructions, write routine reports, perform basic arithmetic, and use Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word. A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred. No supervisory responsibilities are assigned.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or equivalent is 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 add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
• Ability to communicate well and maintain a warm, friendly, approachable, and helpful demeanor with associates, patients, family members, and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Assist the cook with preparing meals, desserts, snacks, salads, and other dishes.
• Prepare between-meal nourishments, such as 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 diet and NPO orders, offer menu substitutions, and record substitutions according to procedural guidelines.
• Clean dining tables after meals and clean the work area, including sweeping and mopping.
• Scrape and wash dishes, pots, and pans; operate dishwashing equipment and related kitchen machinery.
• Clean kitchen equipment, including carts, tables, counters, ice machine, blender, mixer, meat slicer, freezer, refrigerator, stove, oven, steamer, garbage disposal, dish machine, coffee and tea maker, and steam table.
• Remove kitchen garbage and hose out garbage containers.
• Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures; check and record water temperatures and check dishwashers with sanitizer strips.
• Check stock and put it away appropriately; store cleaning materials and food properly, including leftovers and opened food.
• Check chemical levels and replace chemicals as needed.
• Follow infection-control policies, standardized recipes, and food-service procedures.
• Communicate warmly and professionally with associates, patients, family members, and visitors; respond helpfully to concerns and answer questions when appropriate.
• Contribute to committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts, and perform other duties as needed to support the System.

Benefits

• myFlexPay – ability to receive pay before payday
• 401(k) with match
• Weekly pay

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED