Food Service Technician
About The Position
The Food Service Technician supports food handling between the kitchen and resident areas and maintains clean, orderly service spaces. The role provides prompt and accurate dining services to residents and supports Carol Woods’ values, resident well-being and quality of life, responsible stewardship of resident resources, continual quality improvement, and a learning organization. The technician provides food services to dining room areas, assists the interdisciplinary team with meal service, follows diet and NPO orders, and uses appropriate food-handling procedures and serving equipment. The role also prepares and delivers scheduled supplemental nourishments, maintains and sanitizes work and storage areas, records food-storage and water temperatures, and cleans dishes, equipment, and kitchen areas. The technician follows safety, infection-control, and corporate compliance requirements and communicates with residents, clients, patients, families, and visitors in a warm, professional, and helpful manner.
Requirements
- High school degree or equivalent.
- Ability to stand and walk most of the time.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 30 pounds.
- Must be available to work weekends.
- Organization competency.
Nice To Haves
- Food service experience preferred.
- Previous work in a health care setting preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide necessary food services to all dining room areas and assist the interdisciplinary team with serving resident meals.
- Follow diet orders and NPO orders.
- Use proper food-handling processes, procedures, policies, and serving equipment.
- Maintain clean and sanitized work areas in accordance with guidelines and complete assigned daily and weekly tasks.
- Comply with infection-control policies in the work area.
- Organize and maintain dining-services storage areas.
- Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures according to established procedures.
- Clean the work area at the end of shifts and after meals, including sweeping and mopping.
- Scrape and wash dishes, pots, and pans; check stock as needed and store items according to facility guidelines.
- Prepare and deliver daily supplemental nourishments on schedule.
- Operate food-service equipment, including coffee and tea makers, dish machines, Biodigester, mixer, blender, waffle maker, and SuzyQ.
- Communicate warmly and professionally with residents, patients, clients, family members, and visitors; respond helpfully to expressed concerns and answer questions when appropriate.
- Store leftovers and opened food properly.
- Clean kitchen equipment and surfaces, including carts, tables, counters, ice machine, buckets, blender, mixer, meat slicer, freezer, refrigerator, stove, steamer, garbage disposal, dish machine, coffee and tea maker, and steam table.
- Check and record water temperatures for equipment and areas such as the dishwasher and pot-and-pan sink.
- Follow established safety procedures and regulations, including fire protection and prevention, smoking regulations, and infection control.
- Comply with the corporate compliance program and honor residents’ rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, and civil rights, including the right to make wage complaints.
- Attend and participate in mandatory in-services, staff meetings, and culture day.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
