Dishwasher

Maintain clean and sanitized dishes and kitchen for the safety of residents.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Loads dishwasher according to departments policies and procedures.
• Ensures temperature of dishwasher is according to state and federal regulations.
• Assists cooks in meal preparation as requested.
• Assists in replacing stock and maintaining cleanliness and order in storeroom.
• Maintains a clean and neat kitchen.
• Assists servers as needed by responding to residents requests in a positive, customer friendly manner.
• Maintains confidentiality of residents personal information in and out of the community and protects and supports residents rights.
• Maintains a professional appearance by wearing clean pressed uniform and a demeanor that encourages a positive nurturing environment for the residents, families, vendors, and guests.
• Maintains a positive customer service environment and practices honesty and integrity in all aspects of performance.
• Ensures adequate daily coverage for meal service by communicating with the Culinary Services Director and/or Host/Hostess, to include taking resident orders for meals, providing drink refills according to residents' / guests'requests, assists with the cleaning, resetting and preparation of the dining room in between mealtimes.
• Performs all other duties as assigned or required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Interpersonal skills to communicate with residents and staff.
• Must show compassion and genuinely care for the elderly.
• Must be knowledgeable of the location of the MSDS sheets on hazardous materials and able to understand the guidelines.
• Must be able to work independently and prioritize work load as emergencies arise.
• Demonstrates a SERVANT heart and attitude by following the Bethesda Senior Living Communities Mission Statement..

Education/Experience: Must possess education that provides skills to read and comprehend simple procedures.

Working Environment/Physical Requirements: Work environment is a restaurant style kitchen containing heat, steam, and cold temperatures. Duties and activities are fast paced, following strict scheduled time frames. Must be able to lift and carry a minimum of 20 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally and perform full range reaching abilities. Must be able to read and follow directions and recipes. Position requires reaching, bending, picking up objects, standing for long periods of time, and ambulating from kitchen to dining room carrying trays, plates, silverware, and accessories.

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.