Food Service Worker

Food Service Worker

Major Duties:

• Set up assigned station with the correct supplies and food items
• Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers'/patients'/residents' plates.
• Break down and clean the station when assigned.
• Set up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary.
• Return soiled trays and dishes to the dish room.
• Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides and report the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian.
• Prepare beverages according to the number of servings required.
• Prepare fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts in specified quantities.
• Sort, wash, peel and cut cold foods using knives or other equipment.
• Provide assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes.
• Prepare uncooked food items, such as sandwich spread and salad dressings.
• Operate and break down and clean all equipment assigned to food service and related areas.
• Portion food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware.
• Prepare boxed/to go meals.
• Select and place correct items on patient trays.
• Read and interpret a regular or modified menu, individual diet cards, tray tickets or patient selections.
• Identify obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu.
• Decide what food items to serve for the most common diets.
• Perform heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas
• Separate food waste, trash/recyclables from dishes, glasses and silverware.
• Unload food/tray delivery carts- Store sanitized dishes, glasses and silverware- Scrape, soak, scour, and scrub cookware and utensils- Move garbage cans when collecting and transferring trash from the work area to the disposal area- Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the Medical Center

Work Schedule: 3:00pm to 7:00pm, rotating days off, required to work some holidays

Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99920A