Kitchen Worker

Kaiser Permanente; Veterans Administration (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking personnel for on-call food service roles in California. Responsibilities include meal assembly, tray delivery, and maintaining sanitation in food service areas.

You will also handle dishwashing, inventory, and basic record keeping under supervision. Qualifications include a HS diploma or GED and the ability to read and follow written and oral instructions in English; lifting up to 50 lbs and moving carts weighing up to 100 lbs are required.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and follow written and oral instructions in English.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and push/pull carts up to 100 lbs as needed.
• Two years in a food service establishment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Upholds Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures and applicable laws.
• Assembles food and non-food items for patient trays, cafeteria, and catering services.
• Delivers food carts with patient meals and nourishments to appropriate pantries and meeting rooms.
• Collects soiled dishes after meals and returns them to the dish room.
• Ensures quality and appearance of items and proper storage following HACCP guidelines.
• Cleans, sanitizes and maintains dishes, carts, equipment, work areas and pantry stations.
• Maintains stock levels and inventories; disposes of outdated foods.
• Communicates with patients, doctors, members, vendors, staff, and coworkers.
• Collects and maintains written information including logs, menus, slips, charts, and scheduling.
• May provide training and orientation.

Skills

English literacy

Reading & following instructions

Team communication

Education

HS Diploma/GED

Job description

Job Summary:

Under direct supervision, performs routine food preparation, tray assembly, serving duties & delivery according to prescribed production schedules & established procedures. Responsible for maintaining sanitation of food service work areas and/or food service stations.

Essential Responsibilities:

This description is for recruitment posting purposes only. It has not received full HR review and approval.

• - Upholds KPs Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, & applicable state, federal & local laws.
• - Assembles all food & non-food items for patient trays, cafeteria and/or catering services.
• - Delivers food carts w/patient meals/catered meals & nourishment to appropriate pantries & meeting rooms.
• - Collects soiled meal dishes after meal services & returns them to dish room.
• - Ensures quality & appearance of all food & non-food items, ensures proper storage of food & non- food items following Hazard Analysis Critical Control Policy (HACCP) guidelines.
• - Cleans, sanitizes & maintains all dishes, food delivery carts, equipment, work areas, & pantry food stations.
• - Maintains proper stock levels in own work area including taking & filing of inventory & disposal of outdated foods.
• - Utilizes effective communications including telephone conversations w/ patients, doctors, & members, vendors, staff, & co-workers.
• - Collects & maintains written information including logs, menus, slips, charts, forms, requisitions, filing & scheduling activities.
• - May provide training & orientation.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

N/A

Education

• - HS Diploma/GED and/or equivalent experience.

License, Certification, Registration

• N/A

Additional Requirements:

• - Demonstrated ability to read, write, and follow written and oral instructions in English.
• - Ability to lift or move by other means items weighing up to 50lbs, carry items weighing 25lbs or more and push/pull carts weighing 100lbs or more.

Preferred Qualifications:

• - Two (2) years in a food service establishment (hospital, school cafeteria, nursing home restaurant), preferred.
• - Ability to demonstrate knowledge of hospital food service operations preferred.

Notes:

• This is an on call position, days and hours may vary.