Culinary Associate II: Patient Room Service & Nutrition

Kettering Health Network; South Dale (OH); On-site; USD 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Kettering Health Main Campus is seeking a Culinary Associate II to assist with food preparation and service in retail, catering, ingredient room, and patient Room Service lines.

You will follow HACCP principles, operate equipment, and ensure accurate documentation and cash handling. The role requires effective communication, teamwork, and adherence to safety standards in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Able to walk and stand for long periods.
• Able to push and pull wheeled carts.
• Able to communicate effectively and follow oral and written instructions.
• Able to tolerate frequent temperature changes, working around equipment that generates heat, steam and cold.

Responsibilities

• Accurately manages position paperwork and processes (order-taking and preparation, cash register operations, cash-ups, refrigerator and freezer temperature monitoring forms, food temperatures on serving line, weighing and measuring ingredients, Room Service records, tray time paperwork, Physician Lounge and catering event paperwork for charging, etc.).
• Follows correct hand hygiene procedures (washes hands after handling money and before handling food, uses gloves when handling ready-to-eat foods, etc.).
• Utilizes appropriate scripting and responds to patients/internal and external customers (HEAL principle, describe coffee drinks and other products, knows ingredients and allergens, collaborates with Dish Room staff, Supervisors, etc.).
• Effectively and safely uses position equipment, performing cleaning/sanitation procedures (cleans coffee brewers, espresso machine, display equipment, grill, fryer, scales, etc.).
• Dates, monitors, and stores food items correctly (First In First Out; uses FDA dating guidelines).
• Prepares, assembles, serves, cooks or bakes food per guidelines/recipes.
• Handles cash and sales via MyMicros software (± $2.00 at end of shift; processes cards per guidelines).

Skills

Food service

Customer service

Cash handling

Safety HACCP

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Kettering Health Main Campus is seeking a Culinary Associate II to assist with food preparation and service in retail, catering, ingredient room, and patient Room Service lines.

You will follow HACCP principles, operate equipment, and ensure accurate documentation and cash handling. The role requires effective communication, teamwork, and adherence to safety standards in a dynamic healthcare environment.