Food Service Assistant, Long Term Care (LTC) FT Days

Job Summary

The Food Service Assistant is responsible for various duties including monitoring and recording proper temperature of food, setting up and maintaining a clean and sanitized serving area, preparing and serving food items, restocking food areas, cleaning and sanitizing equipment, receiving payment for food and beverages using a computerized register, and other related responsibilities.

Duties

• Engages with residents, serving resident meals in the dining room and delivery of room trays
• Maintains residents' dignity, privacy, and confidentiality of personal information
• Clears tables, sanitizes equipment and tables; other cleaning duties as assigned in the dining area and in kitchen/work area, including wash, dry, and restock dishes, pots and pans and emptying trash as assigned
• Observes, measures and documents food and fluid intakes as assigned
• Receives and shares information; observes and reports any resident change in condition to management
• Uses EMR (electronic medical record) accurately
• Checks equipment before use and notifies management or maintenance staff of any issues
• Operates dishwashing and kitchen equipment safely
• Follows location infection control policies and procedures, OSHA, and FDA, and CMS guidelines that apply to serving food, assisting residents, and cleaning

Qualifications

• Minimum of 16 years of age
• Previous customer service experience, retail counting and reconciliation of money and knowledge of food service preferred
• Possesses ability to read, write and follow oral and written directions
• Ability to perform basic math

Benefits

Good Samaritan offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit here.