Dishwasher ($19.13 an hour)

Responsibilities and Duties

• All Comply with all state and local health codes for food handling.
• Adhere to the personal hygiene policy.
• Attend all required training, in services, and staff meetings.
• Maintain a positive and professional demeanor toward all residents, visitors and coworkers.
• Affect budgets by avoiding waste of products and time.
• Strive to maintain a safe working environment through the prevention of accidents, the preservation of equipment, and the achievement of safe working practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

  Dishwasher

  • Maintains the sanitary condition of dishes, utensils, glasses, pots, pans, equipment, and kitchen in accordance with CJE SeniorLife standards.
  • Safely and efficiently operates dish washing machine according to procedure manual.
  • Ensures proper soap and rinse chemicals are loaded for washing.
  • Removes from service any dishes, utensils, and glassware that are damaged or broken.
  • Stocks delivered food and non-food items.
  • Keeps stock rooms, coolers, and freezers clean and ensures that food supply stocks are rotated, all perishables are covered, labeled, dated, and stored properly.
  • Empties and clears garbage bins and breaks down boxes.
  • Washes all carts and garbage bins.
  • Deep cleaning of kitchen floors, walls, and equipment.
  • Ensures equipment temperature maintenance.

    Qualifications

    • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
    • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
    • Must meet state and local health requirements for food handlers.
    • Must possess valid food handlers permit.

      Education and/or Experience

      • High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
      • 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 to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

        Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

        • Must meet state and local health requirements for food handlers.
        • Must possess valid food handlers permit.

          Reasoning Abilities

          • 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.

            Physical Demands

            • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
            • The employee frequently is required to stand on a tile floor for extended hours and maneuver independently and safely around work area.
            • The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
            • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
            • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
            • Sufficient manual dexterity to operate a fire extinguisher and to manipulate kitchen equipment, including slicer, chopper, processor, knives, etc.

              CJE Values

              • Respect—We recognize, honor, and acknowledge the inherent value of each person for their wisdom, their culture, their background and their unique history.
              • Advocacy—We encourage public policy which will benefit our clients by educating ourselves and the community. Furthermore, we give voice to our clients’ needs and facilitate positive action on their behalf.
              • Compassion—We treat everyone with caring, sensitivity, understanding, and supportive responsiveness.
              • Innovation—We continue to advance our knowledge and strive to develop, evaluate, and implement new and advanced programming and models of care to bring benefits to our clients, community and broader older adult/health care environment.
              • Intention—We approach our work and each task with mindful consideration as to what we are doing and why we are doing it, as individuals and as an agency.
              • Accountability—We are responsible individually and as an Agency for honest, accurate work and interaction with others. We plan strategically and provide measurable quality care with clear fiscal and ethical responsibility.

                CJE SeniorLife is an equal opportunity employer.