Food Service Tech
About The Position
This position involves cross-training in patient tray assembly and distribution areas, and potentially in the dish room. The role is responsible for preparing and delivering food trays according to diet therapy protocols, performing cleaning duties, handling chemicals safely, interpreting patient enteral feeding orders, adhering to infection prevention policies, standardizing work methods, ensuring proper cleaning and sanitization of dishes and utensils, visiting patients for meal selections, distributing meal trays with nursing assistance, assembling appealing trays, distributing patient snacks, and stocking workstations.
Requirements
- Current Food Handlers card OR obtained within 30 days of hire through StateFoodSafety.com, Servsafe, National Restaurant Association, or Local County Health Department.
- Ability to handle (lift and transport) cases of product such as multiple 20 pound cases of meat, frozen vegetables and #10 cans of product.
- Visual acuity must be unimpaired.
- Hearing within normal range is required.
- Frequent walking, standing, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting and grasping are necessary body movements in Kitchen work.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions and to read and follow standardized recipes.
- Basic math skills including addition and subtraction.
- Working knowledge of table of measure.
- Basic computer skills.
- Concentrated mental activity is required to organize the work.
- Able to respond to changes in work volume throughout the shift.
- Able to work some holidays.
- Able to adapt to sudden and frequent changes in work schedule.
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- One (1) year experience in a long term care facility or kitchen.
Responsibilities
- Prepares and delivers food trays in accordance with established diet therapy protocols.
- Fulfills daily/weekly cleaning duties as defined in daily job descriptions and weekly cleaning schedules.
- Uses and handles chemicals according to present vendor guidelines.
- Interprets patient enteral fee order and delivers appropriate product and tubing.
- Adheres to Food Service polices for Infection Prevention, i.e., hand washing, hair covers, gloves, etc.
- Works with Director and manager to standardize work methods.
- Communicates with dietitian regarding patient nutrition issues.
- Assures dishes, pots and pans, silverware, etc. are properly cleaned and sanitized when working in the dishroom.
- Visit patients for meal selections following diet order and patient preference.
- Works with nursing to distribute patient meal trays assuring all patent are fed according to the most current diet prescription.
- Assembles trays that are neat and appealing.
- Assembles and distributes patient snacks.
- Stocks work station/galley appropriately.
- Completes dishroom duties per protocol including weekly cleaning.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
