Food Service Worker - Part time

State of Ohio • Georgetown, OH

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Food Service Worker serves food to residents and employees at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, a 168-bed nursing home facility. The role follows food-handling, food-safety, and sanitation practices and prepares dining areas and salad bars for meal service, then cleans them afterward. The worker follows portion-control procedures and resident meal-ticket instructions, including diet, texture, and adaptive-equipment requirements, and monitors and records food temperatures as instructed.

Duties also include delivering meals and snacks to nursing-unit dining rooms or kitchenettes; portioning, labeling, dating, covering, and storing food; preparing produce and other foods; making sandwiches, salads, desserts, dressings, and beverages; and grilling, frying, and toasting food. The worker takes and serves orders in a restaurant-style capacity, operates kitchen and cleaning equipment, and receives and properly stores frozen, refrigerated, and dry-goods deliveries. The schedule is permanent part-time, with work hours of 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The position may require weekend work and mandatory overtime.

Requirements

• Formal education in reading and speaking common English vocabulary.
• Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition and subtraction of whole numbers, or an equivalent of the minimum class qualifications.
• Ability to meet the physical and workplace conditions described, including potentially standing for extended periods and lifting heavy objects.

Responsibilities

• Serve food to residents and employees.
• Follow food-handling, food-safety, and food-service sanitation practices.
• Set up and take down dining areas and salad bars for meal service.
• Use portion-control utensils properly.
• Follow diet, texture, and special instructions on resident meal tickets, including adaptive-equipment tray setup.
• Use a thermometer to monitor and record food temperatures as instructed.
• Deliver meal and snack items to nursing-unit dining rooms and/or kitchenettes.
• Portion foods into individual servings.
• Cover, label, date, and store perishable and leftover food items.
• Clean and/or prepare fruit, vegetables, and other foods for cooking or serving; prepare sandwiches, salads, desserts, dressings, and beverages; grill, fry, and toast food.
• Obtain, fulfill, and serve food and drink orders in a restaurant-style capacity.
• Operate kitchen and cleaning equipment, including grills, dishwashers, ovens, floor mixers, coffee makers, microwaves, slicers, toasters, fryers, broilers, blenders, and steamers.
• Receive stock deliveries and properly secure frozen, refrigerated, and dry goods.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of the eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal leave, sick leave, and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, adoption, and foster care leave
• Education and development opportunities, including Employee Development Funds and Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Public retirement systems and optional deferred compensation

What This Job Offers

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