Kitchen Worker

Kaiser Permanente; Woodland (CA); Presencial; USD 21.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Food Service Associate to support routine food preparation, tray assembly, serving, and delivery, while maintaining sanitation across food service areas. The role involves ensuring proper storage, HACCP adherence, and effective communication with patients, staff, and vendors.

The position requires a HS diploma or GED and offers an on-call schedule with potential weekend coverage. Prior hospital food service experience is preferred but not required.

Formación

• Requires ability to read, write, and follow written and oral instructions in English.
• Hospital food service experience preferred but not required.
• Positions may be on-call; flexible scheduling.

Responsabilidades

• Assembles food and non-food items for patient trays and cafeteria services.
• Delivers meals via carts to patient rooms and meeting areas.
• Collects soiled dishes and returns them to the dish room.
• Ensures quality and proper storage of foods per HACCP guidelines.
• Maintains cleanliness of dishes, carts, equipment, and work areas.
• Maintains stock levels and records inventory/disposals.
• Communicates effectively with patients, doctors, staff, and vendors.
• Keeps logs and scheduling records; may assist with training.

Conocimientos

English literacy

Communication

Teamwork

Educación

High school diploma or GED

Descripción del empleo

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:

• - Holidays and weekends required. Availability per CBA.
• - This is an on call position, days and hours may vary.