
Food Service Assistant
- Lithonia, GA
- $13.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Paid time off with ability to cash out
- 7 paid Holidays
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) with match
- Assists cook in preparing desserts or snacks for patients.
- Assists cook in preparation of meals.
- Carries trays to patients on halls.
- Cleans tables in the dining area after each meal.
- Helps with salads and desserts and other dishes.
- Assists with the pouring of juice, milk, water, and tea.
- Serves patients beverages, etc.
- Takes meals out to patients in dining area.
- Prepares between-meal nourishments (make sandwiches, etc.).
- Cleans work area at the end of shift and after meals, including sweeping and mopping.
- Removes garbage from kitchen areas and hoses out garbage containers.
- Complies with infection control policies in the work area.
- Scrapes dishes, washes dishes, pots and pans.
- Records freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures in accordance with established procedures.
- Checks stock as needed.
- Puts up stock in appropriate manner.
- Stores cleaning materials appropriately.
- Sets up tray line and performs tray line service.
- Follows diet orders and NPO diet orders.
- Offers menu substitutions and records them in accordance with procedural guidelines.
- Properly stores leftovers/opened food.
- Serves nourishments in accordance with procedural guidelines.
- Makes coffee/tea as requested.
- Follows procedures for serving associate meals.
- Cleans kitchen equipment such as, carts, tables, counters, ice machine, buckets, blender, mixer, meat slicer, freezer, refrigerator, stove, oven, steamer, garbage disposal, dish machine coffee/tea maker, steam table etc.
- Operates the dish machine, garbage disposal, mixer, blender, meat slicer and steamer.
- Operates coffee and tea maker.
- Follows standardized recipes.
- Uses serving equipment (ladle, spoon, scoops, etc.)
- Checks and records water temperature (dishwasher, pot and pan sink, etc.)
- Checks dishwasher with sanitizer strips.
- Checks chemical levels and replaces if needed.
- Promotes the image and reputation of the System by exhibiting servant leadership and providing direct and open lines of communication.
- Contributes to the work of committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts of the System.
- Performs other duties as necessary to ensure the success of the System.
- Communicates well with other associates, patients, family members, and visitors providing warm and friendly greeting and an approachable attitude. Responds to expressed concerns while displaying a helpful, caring demeanor, answers questions when appropriate in a professional manner.