Description
A. Meal Service
- Set up dining room tables for meals
- Take food orders from residents
- Prepare and serve entrees, salads, beverages and desserts.
- Serve meals to residents. Assure their dining needs are met.
B. Clean up of Kitchen, Dining Room and Dish Area
- Bus tables as needed, keep dining room clean and orderly.
- Follow procedures for infection control, safety and sanitation to maintain a clean and sanitary work area.
- Properly clean all dishes, pots, pans, flatware and glasses.
- Properly store clean dishes, pots, pans, flatware and glasses.
- Take garbage to the dumpster.
- Perform scheduled cleaning jobs.
- Maintain cleanliness of dining room floors.
C. Prepare and Store Meals
- Prepare and serve food items for specific meals.
- Have meal ready to serve at a stated time.
- Follow proper safety and sanitation practices during the movement of food through the various stages of receiving, storage, preparation, serving and reheating.
D. Other Responsibilities
- Participate in meetings as needed.
- Check daily for cleanliness and correct temperatures of freezers and refrigerator.
- Follow procedures for infection control and proper safety and sanitation practices to maintain a clean and sanitary work area.
- Report defective equipment to Dining Services Manager.
- Assist with the training of employees.
- Perform scheduled cleaning jobs.
- Achieve satisfactory performance in all performance evaluation areas.
- Keep current with job standards through in-service training, continuing education, personal and professional development.
- Transport meal items to or from the Compass Point dining areas.
- Track and record meals for residents in proper logs books.
- Continually seek opportunities for Quality Improvement.
- Actively recognize and appropriately respond to customer needs.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Requirements
Physical requirements:
- Stand, bend, walk, reach and push frequently.
- Able to lift objects weighing up to 25 pounds frequently and lift up to 50 pounds occasionally
Mental requirements:
- Able to communicate and follow written instructions in English.
- Work in team environment with minimal supervision.
- Able to work within timeframes.
- Handle hostile or emotionally upset residents, etc.
Working conditions:
- Risk of floors being wet and/or slippery when mopping or washing dishes.
- Risk of using cooking equipment that is hot and may cause burns.
- Risk of knives or blades that may cause cuts.