Kitchen Utility & Sanitation Aide

Northeast Georgia Health System; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 16,531 - 22,041; Full time

Job summary

Northeast Georgia Health System is seeking a Utility/Server role to support kitchen operations, sanitation, and dining room service. The position involves cleaning, stocking, and following strict safety and sanitation guidelines to ensure high-quality food service in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities include assisting during meal service, maintaining cleanliness, and adhering to federal/state regulations while providing courteous service to patients, visitors, and staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a neat, clean, and well-groomed appearance.
• Cleaning of dining room and kitchen dishes.
• Sanitation duties of recycling, boxes, trash, sweeping, and mopping.
• Assist with stocking of food, food Rotation-FIFO.
• Consistently practices key sanitation procedures and policies, especially hand washing, proper food storage, and maintaining appropriate temperature of foods.
• Follow Federal and State long term care regulations and Dietary Department policies and procedures.
• Cleans and sanitizes utensils and food preparation areas after use according to policy and follows all cleaning schedules and perform cleaning duties as scheduled.
• Practices safety, infection control, and emergency procedures according to facility policies.
• Assist in the receiving and storing food and supplies as needed.
• Is courteous, considerate, and cooperative when communicating with all guests, team members, clinical support personnel, and client personnel.
• Dependable and able to meet schedule requirements (attendance and punctuality) with no restrictions.
• Performs job correctly and safely and observes rules of conduct, dependable and able to meet schedule requirements (attendance and punctuality) with no restrictions.
• Actively practices principles learned, including, but not limited to, the following topics: universal precautions, fire and disaster, safety, MSDS, CQI, etc.
• Consistently uses proper safety equipment and follows rules of conduct safety. Knows where MSDS information is located.
• Demonstrates high standards of personal hygiene according to departmental policy, including but not limited to: using proper hand washing technique, observing hospital "no smoking" policy, wearing hairnet or hat in food production area, maintaining neat appearance.

Skills

Good interpersonal skills

Moves and manipulates various food

Sanitation of kitchen and dining room

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Northeast Georgia Health System is seeking a Utility/Server role to support kitchen operations, sanitation, and dining room service. The position involves cleaning, stocking, and following strict safety and sanitation guidelines to ensure high-quality food service in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities include assisting during meal service, maintaining cleanliness, and adhering to federal/state regulations while providing courteous service to patients, visitors, and staff.