Food Service Worker - Part Time

Amberwell Health • Hiawatha, KS

33d • Onsite

About The Position

The Food Service Worker cleans and sanitizes dishes, utensils, pots, pans, carts, and kitchen areas supporting retail and room service operations. The role also assists with patient meal carts and tray delivery, meals on wheels, catering, food preparation, café service, room-service ordering, and tray setup as assigned. It may provide backup support for taking calls, setting up cold tray items, and expediting trays.

Dish-room duties include operating and cleaning the dish machine, maintaining sanitation and clean/dirty-side separation, returning clean service ware to storage, sweeping and mopping as needed, and retrieving trays from nursing units and patient areas. The worker records sanitizer and temperature information, checks equipment, maintains a clean work area, completes assigned task checklists and sanitizing tasks, and reports equipment issues promptly. The position receives supervision from the Kitchen Manager and has no supervisory responsibilities.

The role may work an AM schedule of 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. or a PM schedule of 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; schedules are subject to change based on business necessity. The position includes every other weekend. PPE is required for job functions, with training provided on appropriate PPE. The posting identifies hazards including heavy lifting, wet floors, burns, cuts, and possible exposure to chemicals.

Requirements

• Ability to speak, read, and write, and to follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to work cooperatively as part of a team.
• Ability to exercise time and task management.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of medium work: exerting 20 to 50 pounds occasionally, 10 to 25 pounds frequently, or up to 10 pounds constantly.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working in a health care food service setting is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Operate the dish machine and perform daily cleaning and weekly de-liming according to specifications.
• Wash dishes, pots, and other service ware as needed and return clean items to the appropriate areas.
• Maintain dish-room sanitation and clean/dirty-side separation; sanitize dirty tray carts and use the soaking bin appropriately.
• Record and maintain sanitizer logs and provide soap and sanitizer buckets for prep and dish-room areas at specified times.
• Check and document temperatures according to protocol, recording temperatures once during each meal service.
• Keep the work area clean and uncluttered.
• Verify equipment is working properly and promptly communicate technical or functional issues through appropriate channels.
• Conduct hourly tray sweeps after peak meal times, retrieving trays from patient rooms, nursing units, and storage areas.
• Complete café food preparation and remove outdated food items as assigned.
• Assist with room-service ordering, tray setup, and patient meal delivery as needed or instructed.
• Pause dish-room work to assist café customers when they enter.
• Complete daily, weekly, and monthly task checklists and the daily coronavirus sanitizing task.
• Assist with meals on wheels, catering, food preparation, café service, and special functions as assigned.
• Assist with taking calls, setting up cold items on trays, and expediting trays as backup to the host/hostess.
• Sweep and mop the department as needed or instructed, and return dirty trays to the kitchen hourly.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed