Culinary Associate, PRN

Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center; Findlay (OH); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center is seeking a dedicated dietary support team member to provide meals and dietary services for residents. You will follow therapeutic diets, ensure proper portioning, maintain cleanliness, and support safe, sanitary dining areas.

The role emphasizes attention to safety, adherence to policies, and proactive communication with management. Applicants should be able to read and follow simple instructions, write brief notes, speak clearly, and perform basic math.

Qualifications

• Able to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
• Able to write simple correspondence.
• Able to speak in sentences.
• Able to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Able to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Able to add and subtract two digit numbers.
• Able to count.

Responsibilities

• Provide dietary services to internal and external customers.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for performance to ensure quality food service.
• Maintain the dietary department in a safe and sanitary manner.
• Serve meals to comply with therapeutic diets ensuring presentation and palatability.
• Ensure residents receive correct portions and selections.
• Ensure ordered items are available and prepared.
• Maintain dress standards and attend meetings and competency training.
• Promote resident satisfaction by aligning with the organization's mission and values.
• Comply with policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Keep management informed of situations.
• Maintain cleanliness of dining areas and sanitation of tables, chairs and utensils.
• Complete required e-learning within assigned time frame and keep email active.
• Be aware of safety hazards and report promptly.
• Keep work area clean and sanitary.

Skills

Reading

Writing

Speaking

Math basics

Common sense

Job description

PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION

This position is the designated point of contact with the residents. This position offers service excellence and quality meals.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Duty 1: Demonstrates the knowledge and skill necessary to provide dietary services to the needs of both internal and external customers.
• Duty 2: Demonstrates leadership and personal accountability for performance to ensure quality food service is given to each and every customer
• Duty 3: Maintains the dietary department in a safe and sanitary manner.
• Duty 4: Serves meals as needed to comply with therapeutic diets ensuring they are presentable in appearance and palatable
• Duty 5: Making sure to serve what the resident choose in the correct portion size.
• Duty 6: Ensure that all ordered items are available and prepared
• Duty 7: Adheres to the unit standards of dress, and attend all scheduled meetings as well as mandatory competency training.
• Duty 8: Displays service excellence as evidenced by practicing the mission and values of the organization to promote resident satisfaction.
• Duty 9: Complies with organizational policies, procedures and practices to ensure quality job performance and regulatory compliance.
• Duty 10: Maintains communications with management regarding all situations.
• Duty 11: Keeping area clean so we are meeting our sanitary requirements
• Duty 12: Complete net learning in the assigned time frame and keeping email active
• Duty 13: Be aware of safety hazards and report them promptly
• Duty 14: Keep area where working clean and sanitary. Monitor dining areas prior to and after meals to ensure that tables, chairs and utensils are clean. Condiments receptacle should be restocked every meal. Monitor beverage supplies, prepare, and serve beverages for each meal according to schedule

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 16 years old
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to speak in sentences.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers.
• Ability to count.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in customer service preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This position requires a full range of body motions with constant walking, lifting, bending, squatting, kneeling, twisting, and standing. The associate will be required to sit for up to one hour a day, stand for four to six hours a day and walk for one hour a day. The individual must be able to lift twenty to fifty pounds and reach work above the shoulders. The individual must have good eye-hand coordination and fine finger dexterity for simple grasping tasks. The individual must have excellent verbal communication skills to perform daily tasks. The associate must have corrected vision and hearing in the normal range.