Food Service Associate - Part Time

Loretto•City of Auburn, NY

2d•$19 - $21

About The Position

Assists with serving and delivering meals in different formats, including work in tray-line, food-production, or dining-room areas. Provides assistance with cold food production, food preparation, portioning, tray preparation, service, tray delivery, and ware washing. Operates and maintains equipment according to safety standards and regulations, performs cleaning and sanitation duties as needed, and provides quality customer service to residents and customers. Ensures compliance with health department and other regulatory requirements, food-safety practices, and applicable laws and organizational policies. Monitors and records food and storage-area temperatures, stores and rotates food appropriately, checks product quality, and reports equipment problems, accidents, incidents, and hazards. Maintains clean and sanitary work areas and performs kitchen, dishroom, cart, and waste-cleaning duties. Loretto employees are expected to model the organization’s mission, values, vision, and strategic goals; treat others with dignity and kindness; provide excellent customer service; demonstrate reliable attendance and work ethics; participate in required meetings and training; comply with policies and codes of conduct; and follow health, safety, HIPAA, and other compliance requirements. Other related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or ability to pass a written TABE test.
Ability to read, write, and understand English.
Ability to follow simple oral and written directions.
Good customer service skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to lift boxes, cartons, and pans of food weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to frequently reach, bend, stoop, stand, walk, push, and pull.
Ability to stand for long periods, up to 8 hours.
Ability to perform routine cleaning.
Ability to adapt to hot or cold environments.
Ability to comply with applicable health, safety, HIPAA, and other regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Support meal service and delivery in tray-line, food-production, and dining-room areas.
Assist with cold food production, food preparation, portioning, tray preparation, service, tray delivery, and ware washing.
Follow food-safety, health department, regulatory, organizational, infection-control, and applicable legal requirements.
Monitor and record temperatures of perishable food, coolers, and ingredient-storage areas.
Store, wrap, label, date, and rotate food items using first-in, first-out practices.
Inspect food products for damage, leakage, or spoilage and report issues to management.
Report faulty equipment, accidents, incidents, hazardous conditions, and equipment to management.
Operate and maintain equipment according to safety standards and regulations.
Load, unload, inspect, and store dishes, trays, and other ware after machine washing.
Sweep and mop areas and clean and sanitize pots, pans, racks, work areas, carts, and other kitchen areas.
Deliver tray carts or food carts to assigned floors and notify nursing staff of tray arrival.
Break down trays and clean carts and work areas after meals.
Clean and stock beverage coolers for meals.
Empty kitchen, dishroom, cafeteria, and pulper garbage into proper receptacles and clean waste containers.
Assist with cleaning major kitchen equipment and other areas as needed.
Maintain safe and sanitary work areas and identify, report, or correct safety and environmental issues.
Provide courteous, respectful, and responsive service to residents, customers, staff, families, vendors, and visitors.
Attend and participate in required meetings and training sessions, including reorientation.
Perform other related duties as assigned.