Beverages, Cook Dishes, Customer Support/Service, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Financial Management, Food Presentation, Food Services, Grinding, Hospital, Infection Control, Ingredient Preparation, Policy Development, Procedure Development, Safety/Work Safety, Schedule Development, Team Player, Waitressing
Duties and Responsibilities
- Works on central tray line and assists with patient tray set up and preparation.
- Sets up and serves patient trays in accordance with established schedule and procedures.
- Prepares, loads, transports, and cleans food carts.
- Prepares and sets up steam table, serving line and menu board. Obtains and places dishes, serving utensils, hot and cold foods, baked goods, beverages, desserts, and condiments.
- Reviews menu and prep sheets and assembles food and supplies as needed for daily salad and cold foods preparation.
- Prepares salad mixes and sandwich spreads such as tuna, chicken and egg salad, involving tasks such as selecting, measuring, grinding, slicing, and mixing ingredients.
- Prepares salad plates and tossed salads by portioning out mixes and adding salad vegetables as well as cutting and mixing the various salad vegetables.
- Prepares sandwiches, subs, wraps, salads and specialty items as directed.
- Prepares hand crafted beverages and specialty drinks as directed.
- Washes and cuts vegetables and fruits according to procedures.
- Alerts supervisor to problems and needs concerning equipment and food supplies. Detects and reports spoiled or unattractive food, defective supplies/equipment, or other unusual conditions.
- Carries dishes and foods between kitchen and serving lines and serves food as directed.
- Operates dishwasher or manually washes all dishes and utensils in accordance to established policies and procedures.
- Participates in post-meal cleanup tasks as assigned or directed.
- Collects, processes, and disposes of trash, cans, bottles, and similar debris and transports to disposal area.
Common Expectations:
- Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
- Participates in training, educational programs and in-service meetings.
- Provides outstanding customer service to all patient, staff and customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
- Wipes off counters and tables; arranges, rearranges, and replenishes items as needed.
- Cleans the kitchen area and cooking utensils.
- Operates cash register, as needed, including receiving payment from visitors and staff, balancing the cash drawer after each meal and compiling information for required reports.
- Assists with care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies.