Culinary Associate I/Dish Room - Culinary/Nutrition

About the Role

Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 14 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. Our mission is to live God’s love by promoting and restoring health. Safety is our top priority, and we provide an integrated system of healthcare experts committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

• Ensures dishes, utensils, pots, and pans are clean, dry, and stored appropriately.
• Performs general cleaning tasks as assigned, including mopping floors.
• Follows HACCP principles in completing tasks.
• Accurately manages position paperwork (dish machine temperatures, 3-compartment sink form, etc.).
• Follows correct hand hygiene procedures (uses gloves when scraping trays, washes hands between working on the dirty side of the dish room and the clean side, etc.).
• Utilizes appropriate scripting and responds to patients/internal and external customers (responds to internal customers such as Cafeteria staff, Expeditors, Call Center staff, Supervisors, Physician Lounge attendant, and each other in a way that promotes collaboration).
• Effectively and safely uses position equipment, performing applicable cleaning/sanitation procedures (ensures dish room chemical dispensers have product, empties and cleans dish machine after each meal, de-limes dish machine on a weekly basis, ensures all items are clean and dry before being put away, etc.).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Able to walk and stand for long periods of time.
• Able to push and pull wheeled carts.
• Able to communicate effectively and follow oral and written instructions.
• Able to tolerate frequent temperature changes, working around equipment that generates heat, steam, and cold.

Preferred Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Food Service or Customer Service experience.