FOOD SUPPORT WORKER - 50950089

State of Florida • ST AUGUSTINE, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Food Support Worker will work under the supervision of the Food Service Administrator at the Clyde E. Lassen State Veterans’ Nursing Home in Saint Augustine, Florida. The role ensures food is stored, prepared, distributed, and served under sanitary conditions. The position is in the Career Service system.

The worker maintains dish room, serving area, dining room, food storage areas, and chemical room in clean, orderly, and sanitary condition. Duties include assisting with meal preparation and service, managing and rotating stock, monitoring temperatures, maintaining kitchen inventory and supplies, checking deliveries, and ensuring equipment and doors are properly secured at the end of the work period. The employee attends in-service training and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Ability and willingness to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends and holidays as needed.
• Ability and willingness to work overtime if necessary.
• Basic computer skills.
• Successfully complete the due diligence process, including a Level II background check and drug test.
• Employment history and education must be verifiable; applicants should attach credentials they claim, such as degrees or certifications.
• Ability to read and follow recipes and/or other instructions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in dietary at a long-term care facility.

Responsibilities

• Ensure food is stored, prepared, distributed, and served under sanitary conditions.
• Maintain the dish room, serving area, dining room, and food storage areas in an orderly and sanitary condition.
• Complete assigned cleaning tasks and keep the chemical room clean and organized, with items kept off the floor.
• Assist with meal preparation, pull and pre-prepare foods as assigned, set up meals, and help serve them.
• Read and follow recipes and other instructions; use knowledge of cooking, baking, and/or meat-cutting equipment, procedures, and techniques.
• Record food and equipment temperatures in the temperature book.
• Report faulty equipment to the supervisor.
• Place food items on serving lines and keep serving lines well stocked.
• Maintain, check, and control kitchen inventory, determining available quantities and operational needs.
• Assist with purchase requests for food, cleaning supplies, utensils, pots, pans, dishes, and paper products.
• Verify incoming shipments and receipts when the stock person is absent.
• Check in and put away stock items from delivery trucks, and rotate stock in dry storage, refrigerators, and freezers.
• Ensure equipment is properly turned off and doors are locked at night before leaving.
• Replenish hand soap and paper towels in dispensers throughout the kitchen and food service restroom.
• Attend in-service training and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Excellent retirement package and optional deferred compensation plan.
• Health, vision, dental, disability, and other supplemental insurance available at reasonable premium rates.
• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• Nine paid holidays and one personal day.
• Tuition waiver for State Universities and Community Colleges, up to 6 credits per semester.

What This Job Offers

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