Food Service Worker

Food Service Worker

Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Set up assigned station on the tray line with the correct supplies and food items
• 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
• Provide assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes
• Portion other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware
• Make final check of diet trays assembled by lower grade workers for completeness, correct food temperatures
• Verify that food items on the tray are appropriate for the prescribed diet
• Identify obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu
• Provide patients with basic information about modified diets and the nutrition services that are available
• Prepare individual and bulk nourishments and supplemental foods and beverages for patients
• Follow directions in assembling, measuring, weighing, or mixing ingredients for basic formulas and supplemental feedings following standardized recipes and using sanitary techniques
• Determine the quantities of ingredients needed to prepare required yield
• Make conversions between the metric system to the standard system
• Take nourishment inventories, stocking using first in-first out procedures, replacing expired items
• Label and distribute individual nourishments
• Sterilize equipment and sanitize work areas
• Use a computer terminal to record and retrieve recipe, menu and inventory data and to produce reports
• Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the Medical Center

Work Schedule: FORT WAYNE-Full Time. Hours to be determined MARION-Full-time, Wed-Sun 5:00am-1:30pm

Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99836S

Physical Requirements: Wage Grade 4 Food Service Workers perform work requiring light to moderate physical effort. They may be required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies. They are subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. They frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with the assistance of others.