Food Service Assistant

CHSGa•Newnan, GA

About The Position

The Food Service Assistant supports food preparation and service for patients and associates at Avalon Health & Rehab. The role assists the cook with meals, snacks, desserts, and nourishments; serves patients in dining areas and on halls; and follows diet orders and established procedures for tray-line service, substitutions, and food storage. The assistant maintains kitchen and dining areas, cleans dishes and equipment, monitors and records food-service temperatures and chemical levels, checks and puts away stock, and complies with infection-control policies. The position also contributes to collaborative System efforts and promotes the System’s image through servant leadership, communication, and helpful service. This is a full-time position with a starting pay of $15.16 per hour and weekly pay. A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred. The role requires communication and basic reading, writing, math, and reasoning skills, as well as proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word. No supervisory responsibilities are assigned.

Requirements

Ability to communicate well with associates, patients, family members, and visitors, maintaining a warm, friendly, and approachable 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 add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagram-format instructions and to address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
Ability to meet the role’s described physical demands, including regular sitting, talking, or hearing; frequent walking, handling or feeling objects, and reaching; and occasional standing.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Assist the cook in preparing meals, desserts, and snacks.
Help prepare salads, desserts, and other dishes, and prepare between-meal nourishments such as sandwiches.
Set up and serve the tray line, carry trays to patients on halls, and take meals to patients in the dining area.
Serve beverages, pour juice, milk, water, and tea, and make coffee or tea as requested.
Follow diet and NPO orders, offer and record menu substitutions, and serve nourishments according to procedural guidelines.
Follow procedures for serving associate meals.
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 dish machine, garbage disposal, mixer, blender, meat slicer, steamer, and coffee and tea maker.
Use serving equipment such as ladles, spoons, and scoops, and follow standardized recipes.
Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures; check and record water temperatures; check the dishwasher with sanitizer strips; and check and replace chemical levels as needed.
Check stock as needed, put stock away appropriately, store cleaning materials appropriately, and properly store leftovers and opened food.
Comply with infection-control policies in the work area.
Communicate warmly and professionally with associates, patients, family members, and visitors; respond helpfully to concerns and questions.
Promote the System’s image and reputation through servant leadership and direct, open communication.
Contribute to committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative System efforts.
Perform other duties as necessary to ensure the success of the System.