Morning Kitchen Assistant - Meal Prep & Service

Brown-University-Health-1; East Providence (RI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health is seeking a food service worker to assist in preparing meals for children and staff under supervision, upholding the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence in daily interactions.

Responsibilities include assembling foods, making sandwiches and coffee, preparing between-meal nourishment, setting up serving lines, following recipes, washing produce, arranging salads, portioning desserts, cleaning areas, and reporting issues to

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and understand English.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions in English.
• Two to three months' job related experience.

Responsibilities

• Consistently applies the corporate values of respect, honesty and fairness and the constant pursuit of excellence in improving the health status of the people of the region through the provision of customer-friendly, geographically accessible and high-value services within the environment of a comprehensive integrated academic health system.
• Assembles prepared foods, makes sandwiches, and other foods. Makes coffee as required.
• Prepares between meal nourishment, picnic lunches and bag lunches for night workers and school patient: delivers coffee and luncheons for meetings and special functions.
• Sets up serving line, portion food servings; works along or as part of a team on a moving assembly line in the main kitchen, services staff and/or children from counter.
• Receives written and/or oral instructions concerning type and quantity of foods to be prepared including size of portion; obtains necessary ingredients from storeroom and refrigerator, prepares following standing procedures.
• Washes and cleans fruits and vegetables; shreds; dices or slices using kitchen hand utensils.
• Arranges salad ingredients in an attractive and appetizing manner, places prepared salads in refrigerator until mealtime; garnish salads.
• Prepares serving of dessert and appetizer by preparing food cups, cutting pieces into individual portions and placing desserts on individual dishes.
• Cleans all small areas such as drawers and cupboards, clean refrigerator, disposes of food in poor condition, picks up and disposes of trash and garbage.
• Reports any problems, difficult or unusual circumstances immediately to supervision and observes all hospital policies, rules, and regulations including good housekeeping, safety and security, quality improvement, infection control, risk management and safety.
• Performs other related duties as directed by supervisor.

Job description

Brown University Health is seeking a food service worker to assist in preparing meals for children and staff under supervision, upholding the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence in daily interactions.

Responsibilities include assembling foods, making sandwiches and coffee, preparing between-meal nourishment, setting up serving lines, following recipes, washing produce, arranging salads, portioning desserts, cleaning areas, and reporting issues to