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Form of workGeneral Purpose:
Assist in food preparation and serving; maintain clean and sanitary conditions in the kitchen and dining areas under the supervision of the Dietary Manager or Cook.
Essential Job Functions:
This facility expects their employees to promote an atmosphere of teamwork with other employees and hospitality and comfort for its residents. Therefore, the following list of duties is not all-inclusive:
Food Preparation, Serving and Cleaning
Supply
Other duties
Minimum Qualifications:
Working Conditions:
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Assist in food preparation and serving; maintain clean and sanitary conditions in the kitchen and dining areas under the supervision of the Dietary Manager or Cook.
Essential Job Functions:
This facility expects their employees to promote an atmosphere of teamwork with other employees and hospitality and comfort for its residents. Therefore, the following list of duties is not all-inclusive:
Food Preparation, Serving and Cleaning
- Assist in the preparation and serving of meals and snacks
- Assist in checking trays for menu and diet preferences and accuracy
- Set up trays and deliver meals to residents
- Set up serving line with cold foods, condiments, serving containers, dishes, silverware, etc. according to the menus and as instructed
- Work on central tray service line, placing appropriate food on general and modified diet trays, as directed
- Deliver loaded food carts to corridor and return unloaded carts to dish washing unit
- Collect soiled trays and utensils from dining room tables and transport them to dish washing area
- Wash dishes, clean equipment, wipe off dining room and worktables, clean utensils, pots and pans; mop floors in dietary, etc., as assigned
- Clean and maintain kitchen and food preparation equipment as assigned
- Wash, sanitize, and store trays, dishes and utensils
Supply
- Stock and store food items as assigned
- Maintain a level of food and supplies adequate for the next meal and assist in inventorying and storing incoming foods and supplies
- Report hazardous conditions, equipment, accidents and incidents, as necessary
Other duties
- Attend in-service education programs in order to meet facility educational requirements
- Be familiar with Standard Precautions, Exposure Control Plan, Fire Drill and Evacuation Procedures and know how to use the information
- Maintain confidentiality of resident and facility records/information
- Protect residents from neglect, mistreatment, and abuse
- Protect the personal property of the residents of the facility
- Others as directed by the supervisor or administrator
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience in hospital or skilled nursing facility dietary department preferred
- Organized and detailed in work performance
- Good communication skills with excellent self-discipline and patience
- Genuine caring for and interest in elderly and disabled people in a nursing facility
- Comply with the Residents' Rights and Facility Policies and Procedures
- Perform work tasks within the physical demand requirements as outlined below
- Perform Essential Duties as outlined above
Working Conditions:
- Subject to frustrations in meeting work demands due to frequent interruptions
- Fast paced, required to make decisions quickly
- Involved with residents, personnel, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc., under all conditions and circumstances
- May work beyond normal duty hours, on weekends, and in other positions temporarily, when necessary
- Subject to call-back during emergency conditions (e.g., severe weather, evacuation, post-disaster, etc.)
- Subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including TB and the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses
- May be subject to the handling of and exposure to hazardous chemicals
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