Food Service Worker - PRN

Amberwell Health Hiawatha; Hiawatha (KS); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Amberwell Health Hiawatha is seeking a kitchen services associate to clean and sanitize dishes, pots, and utensils for both retail and patient meals. The role includes delivering patient trays, assisting with room service orders, and keeping the dish area organized and compliant with sanitation standards.

Candidates should be able to work a morning or evening shift, follow procedures, and collaborate with kitchen and hospital staff to ensure timely meal service.

Qualifications

• Ability to speak, read, and write English and follow written and oral instructions.
• Must work cooperatively as part of a team.
• Demonstrates ability to manage time and tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor the dish machine, clean and sanitize dishes and utensils.
• Wash pots, pans, and service ware and return to proper storage areas.
• Deliver and retrieve trays from patient areas on a schedule.
• Assist in café prep and room service as needed and directed.
• Maintain sanitation logs and temperatures per protocol.
• Help with cleaning, stocking, and general kitchen duties.

Skills

Teamwork

Time management

Follow instructions

Job description

BASIC FUNCTION: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, be sure 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 neededSHIFT 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 ManagerSupervision Exercised: NoneOther: Patients, hospital employees, patients family members and members of the general PublicEXPOSURE 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.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:1. Operates dish machine and conducts daily cleaning and weekly de-liming per specifications.2. Washes dishes, pots, and other service ware as needed. Returns all clean items to appropriate areas.3. Verifies that dish machine sanitation is maintained while machine is in service (clean and dirty side division). Properly sanitizes dirty tray cart and uses soaking bin appropriately (without bleach and for silverware and soaking tough items only)4. Records and maintains sanitizer logs. Ensures that soap and sanitizer buckets are provided for prep area and dish room each morning and before lunch and dinner meal periods5. Checks and documents temperatures according to protocol, recording temperature once during each meal service6. Keeps work area clean and uncluttered.7. Regularly verifies that equipment is working properly and communicates technical/functional issues immediately through appropriate channels.8. Conducts trays sweeps, including tray retrieval from patient rooms and storage areas, hourly, post peak meal times9. Completes all necessary café food prep as F1 or FSW. Removes out-dating food items as F310. Assists in other positions such as room service ordering and tray set-up. Delivers patient meals as needed or instructed. Promptly pauses dish room work to assist in café when customers enter.11. Completes daily, weekly and monthly task checklist as well as daily coronavirus sanitizing task12. Other duties as assigned.QUALIFICATIONS:Education: None requiredExperience: 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 towork cooperatively as part of a team. Demonstrates ability to exercise time and taskmanagement.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.