Food Service Technician

Carol Woods Retirement Community•Chapel Hill, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Food Service Technician supports food handling between the kitchen and resident areas and maintains clean, orderly service areas. The role provides prompt and accurate dining services to residents and supports the values and quality-of-life commitments of Carol Woods, including continual quality improvement and a learning organization.

Requirements

High school degree or equivalent.
Must be available to work weekends.
Ability to stand and walk most of the time and lift and carry up to 30 pounds.
Organization competency.

Nice To Haves

Food service experience.
Previous work in a health care setting.

Responsibilities

Provide food services to dining room areas and assist the interdisciplinary team with serving resident meals.
Follow diet and NPO orders and use proper food-handling processes, procedures, and policies.
Use serving equipment such as ladles, spoons, and scoops.
Maintain clean and sanitized work areas, complete assigned daily and weekly tasks, and comply with infection-control policies.
Organize and maintain dining-services storage areas; check stock and store items according to facility guidelines.
Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures and check and record water temperatures as required.
Prepare and deliver daily supplemental nourishments on schedule.
Operate food-service equipment, including coffee and tea makers, dish machines, a Biodigester, mixer, blender, and waffle maker.
Clean work areas at the end of shifts and after meals, including sweeping and mopping; scrape and wash dishes, pots, and pans.
Clean kitchen equipment, 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.
Properly store leftovers and opened food.
Follow established safety procedures and regulations, including fire protection and prevention, smoking regulations, and infection control.
Communicate warmly and professionally with residents, patients, clients, families, and visitors; respond to concerns and answer questions when appropriate.
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 wage complaints.
Attend and participate in mandatory in-services, staff meetings, and culture day.
Perform other duties as assigned.