Cafeteria Helper

Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts operates a hospital cafeteria and requires a dedicated Kitchen Assistant to assist in meal preparation and service, maintain cleanliness, and support food storage areas.

Under supervision, you will prepare simple foods, operate basic kitchen equipment, serve on lines, help deliver meals to wards, restock serving lines, and keep simple records as needed. Residency in the city of Boston is required.

Responsibilities

• Assists in meal preparation and serving in institutional kitchen.
• Cleans dishes, serving lines, and cafeteria areas to maintain sanitation.
• Operates basic kitchen equipment and prepares simple foods.
• Delivers meal trays to hospital wards and restocks serving lines.
• Maintains simple records and performs basic custodial tasks.
• Must be a resident of Boston.

Job description

• Under immediate supervision, performs work of routine difficulty assisting in the preparation and serving of meals, and in heavy cleaning and care of food preparation, serving, eating, and storage areas in the kitchen and cafeteria areas in an institutional kitchen; performs related work as required.
• Cleans dishes, silverware, trays, pots, urns, etc.; operates dishwashing equipment; cleans serving line equipment, ovens, preparation benches, cafeteria tables and institutional appliances; sweeps and mops kitchen and cafeteria areas and removes waste using appropriate sanitary procedures.
• Prepares vegetables, sandwiches, special beverages, salads, simple desserts, etc.; operates electrical and/or manual kitchen appliances such as mixers, blenders, slicing machines, etc. Assembles processed foods, salads, desserts, etc. and portions into individual servings.
• Serves on cafeteria serving line and/or thermal tray conveyor line; serves to disabled patients at cafeteria tables; restocks serving line; delivers thermal tray carts to hospital wards and serves meal trays to ward patients; distributes nourishments (eg. juices, milk, crackers, jellies, etc.) to patients and/or into refrigerators on the wards.
• Stores and packages eating utensils for distribution.
• Maintains simple records; operates cash register when needed.
• Must be a resident of the city of Boston.
• There is no Benefit Code