Culinary Associate II

About the Role

Kettering Health Main Campus in Kettering is seeking a full-time, first-shift Culinary Associate II. This role performs basic food preparation and service tasks for retail areas, catering, ingredient room, and/or patient Room Service line, ensuring compliance with HACCP principles and applicable food codes.

Responsibilities

• Performs basic food preparation and service tasks for retail areas, catering, ingredient room, and/or patient Room Service line.
• Accurately manages position paperwork and processes, including order-taking and preparation, cash register operations, cash-ups, temperature monitoring forms, food temperatures on serving line, weighing and measuring ingredients, Room Service records, tray time paperwork, and catering event paperwork for charging.
• Follows correct hand hygiene procedures, including washing hands after handling money and before handling food, and using gloves when handling ready-to-eat foods.
• Utilizes appropriate scripting and responds to patients, internal, and external customers using the HEAL principle, describes products, knows ingredients and allergens, and promotes collaboration with team members.
• Effectively and safely uses position equipment and performs applicable cleaning and sanitation procedures (e.g., coffee brewers, espresso machine, display equipment, grill, fryer, scales).
• Correctly date-marks food items, monitors temperature control, and follows First In First Out (FIFO) food storage procedures using FDA guidelines.
• Prepares, assembles, serves, cooks, or bakes food and beverages according to guidelines and recipes.
• Accurately handles cash and manages sales transactions through MyMicros software, maintaining a variance of ± $2.00 or less at the end of the shift, and processes credit card and gift card transactions per guidelines.

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 and work around equipment that generates heat, steam, and cold.

Preferred Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Food service or customer service experience.

About the Organization

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, with a commitment to helping individuals be their best. Safety is our top priority, and we provide an integrated system of healthcare experts committed to delivering exceptional care.