Food Service Worker - PRN

Amberwell Health; Hiawatha (KS); On-site; USD 16,531 - 20,664; Part time

Job summary

Amberwell Health in Hiawatha, KS, is hiring for a PRN Food Service position responsible for cleaning dishes and assisting with food preparation. This role involves maintaining sanitation in the kitchen and supporting meal services, including meals on wheels.

While no specific education is required, previous experience in a healthcare food service setting is preferred. Candidates should be able to work as part of a team and follow instructions effectively.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in health care food service is preferred but not required.
• Must be able to work cooperatively as part of a team.
• Must be able to follow written and oral instructions.

Responsibilities

• Clean and sanitize dishes, utensils, and kitchen equipment.
• Assist with meals on wheels and food preparation.
• Maintain sanitation levels in the kitchen.

Skills

Ability to follow written and oral instructions

Teamwork

Time and task management

Tools

Dish machine

Stoves and ovens

Cash register

Job description

Overview

Job Location: Amberwell Hiawatha - Hiawatha, KS 66434

Position Type: PRN (As needed - no set schedule)

Education Level: None

Job Shift: PRN - As Needed, no set Shift

Job Category: Food Service

Essential Functions

• This position is responsible for cleaning and sanitizing all dishes, utensils, pots, pans, carts used for both retail and room service operation. In addition, this position will assist and run patient carts to appropriate zones as instructed. This position requires the ability to assist with meals on wheels, catering, food preparation, and in the café as assigned.
• This position is required to assist with taking calls, setting up cold items on trays and expediting trays by serving as a back-up to the host/hostess as required.
• The dish room position will be responsible for sanitation of the kitchen, which includes: Cleaning and maintaining the floors/walls/equipment/space, utilizing dish machine per specifications, verifying that equipment is working properly, sweep nursing units for trays left over from previous evening, wash dishes/pots/other service ware as needed, returning all clean items to the appropriate storage area, ensure that dish room sanitation levels are maintained while machine is in service (clean and dirty side division), sweep and mop department as needed/instructed, deliver trays as needed, return dirty trays to kitchen on an hourly basis, and assist with special functions as needed.

Shift Days/Hours

AM FSW 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; PM FSW 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Subject to change based on business necessity.

Interpersonal Relationships

• Supervision Received: Kitchen Manager
• Supervision Exercised: None
• Other: Patients, hospital employees, patients family members and members of the general Public

Exposure to Hazards

To reduce job hazards, this position is responsible for wearing PPE during job functions. PPE can include: gloves, gown/coat, shoe covers, head/face, eye and ear protection. Each job function requires a different level of PPE, individuals receive initial and annual training to identify the appropriate level of PPE required. According to OSHA standards, this position is classified as low risk with little or no risk of exposure. Heavy lifting, wet floors, risk for burns, cuts, and potential overexposure to chemicals such as Clorox, dish machine detergent, etc.

Equipment Used

Stoves, ovens, grill, dish machine, slicer, mixers, steamers, microwave oven, cash register, etc.

Qualifications

• Education: None required
• Experience: Previous experience working in a health care food service setting is preferred, but not required.
• Certificates, License, Registrations:
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Ability to speak, read, write, and follow written and oral instructions. Must be able to work cooperatively as part of a team. Demonstrates ability to exercise time and task management.
• Physical: Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds occasionally or 10 to 25 pounds frequently, or up to 10 pounds constantly. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.