Food Service Specialist I : Full-Time

Valley Hope Addiction Treatment & Recovery•Atchison, KS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Valley Hope of Atchison has an exciting opportunity for a Food Service Specialist to join our dedicated and passionate team! Valley Hope restores lives affected by addiction and supports lifelong recovery. At Valley Hope, our mission comes to life through our core values of Character, Compassion, and Commitment. Are you ready to join an organization where you can make an extraordinary impact, conquering addiction one patient and family at a time? If so, Valley Hope welcomes you! Valley Hope of Atchison, located just northwest of Kansas City, has provided residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment services since 1972. Come join our team and see for yourself why we had one of the highest employment satisfaction scores throughout all of Valley Hope!

Requirements

Food Permit/Handler's Card; or the ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma or equivalent.
One (1) year job or training experience in dietary setting.
Specialized training in food preparation.

Responsibilities

Ensures safe food handling protocol is always maintained within the kitchen and dining areas including safe hand hygiene, cross contamination and temperature checks are followed and ensure timely documentation as directed by lead cook or written instructions.
Prepares daily meals according to weekly menus/recipes or lead cook instruction. Properly increases or decreases recipes as needed for fluctuations in census.
Prepares daily meals and/or snacks according to Special Diet recipes as ordered by nursing department.
Serves food to patients, visitors, and staff with a pleasant demeanor.
Stores food items according to established guidelines and or state regulations/guidelines.
Performs dishwashing for all items used in preparation and serving of meals.
Presents safety and hygiene instruction to any patients who are assigned to assist with dish or clean up duties to ensure safe kitchen environment and safe dish sanitization methods are followed.
Performs cleaning/sanitizing tasks as outlined on the shift/daily/weekly/monthly cleaning schedules, which may include sinks, counters, ovens, stovetops, grill, fryer, serving line, salad bar, and other equipment and appliances.
Removes trash, boxes or other materials such as used grease to appropriate containers in a timeframe that ensures staff safety and proper food handling protocol.