Food and Nutrition Associate I - Dietary - FT DAYS

About the Role

This position involves food production, sanitation, and customer service in a commercial kitchen and cafeteria setting. The role requires adherence to food sanitation standards, operation of kitchen equipment, and support of therapeutic and institutional food production.

Responsibilities

• Setup and breakdown of dish room; ensure dishes are clean, sanitized, air-dried, and put away before each meal service.
• Maintain cleanliness: sweep, mop, take out trash, and manage grease traps as needed.
• Setup and breakdown of cafeteria; prepare and serve all menu items while maintaining professional customer service.
• Keep the cafeteria and dining room clean and stocked at all times; sweep, mop, and take out trash as needed.
• Prepare for future recipes by following instructions and producing quality, nutritious food, including therapeutic diets, under the supervision of the Chef.
• Understand therapeutic diets and assist patients with meal selections within dietary orders.
• Prepare nourishments and patient trays; deliver patient trays while following hospital sanitation protocols.
• Support kitchen and café staff by assisting with other tasks as needed.
• Follow health and safety standards at all times to prevent cross-contamination.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• General understanding of food sanitation standards and techniques.
• Knowledge in the use and maintenance of commercial kitchen equipment.
• Ability to follow detailed written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work, adapt to changes in pace, and focus on all areas of each task.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while maintaining sanitation and productivity guidelines.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Knowledge of therapeutic food production and institutional food production utilizing recipes.

Physical and Mental Demands

• Medium physical demand level; must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. and push/maneuver carts weighing up to 350 lbs.
• Ability to stand for up to 3 hours continuously and perform repetitive tasks for up to 3 hours continuously.
• Ability to ambulate safely with hot items.
• Must tolerate extremes of noise, temperature, and humidity.
• Must work collaboratively in congested areas.
• Requires reaching, handling food, touching food, talking, hearing, and seeing.
• Must meet set timelines and work under pressure.
• Must operate equipment such as commercial dishwashers, meat slicers, commercial mixers, and other appliances.