Dietary Tech (Cook)

Position Purpose

Prepares and delivers snacks and lunches to each treatment room at designated times.

Essential Functions & Basic Duties

• Prepares breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily for an average enrollment of 51-75 patients.
• Delivers food/snacks to each treatment room.
• Washes all dishes and/or utensils used during food preparation.
• Keeps kitchen and break room, including appliances, neat and clean.
• Cleans and defrosts milk box.
• Ensures that employee food items are not in the refrigerator used to refrigerate patient food.
• Plays orders with designated vendor and stocks orders when received.
• Limits all food items with date received before stocking.
• Keeps inventory of all items stocked.
• Delivers weekly menus to each treatment room.
• Posts weekly menu on Parent Board.

Qualifications

• Education/ Certification: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience/ Knowledge Required: Prefer at least one year of successful experience in a classroom setting working with developmentally at-risk children or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Skills/ Abilities: Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a wide variety of people. Must be able to work with children birth to age 18 and families who are at risk. Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy. Basic computer skills which includes a working knowledge of database, word processing, spreadsheet, and Internet software. Ability to handle multiple tasks in a very busy environment. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.