FOOD SERVICE WORKER I

Responsibilities

• Wash, rinse, and sanitize all pots, pans, and utensils using state-approved sanitation procedures.
• Set up trayline, serve food with proper portion control, and deliver, pass, and retrieve patient food trays/carts.
• Check each patient tray before delivery by feeling the bottom and top of hot food to ensure proper temperature.
• Deliver and pass food trays/late trays to patients promptly, accurately, and courteously, following proper floor sequence and documentation, using service excellence skills.
• Retrieve food trays/carts from patient floors on schedule.
• Clean work station counters, sinks, walls, and shelves at the beginning and end of each shift using the double bucket method.
• Follow approved sanitation procedures posted in the work area.
• Document the time of food waste on the Food Waste Log after each meal.
• Maintain clean wash, rinse, and sanitizing waters as posted.
• Document Pot and Pan Machine temperatures at each meal with a test strip and record on the Pot & Pan Temperature Form.
• Prepare a list of food items to be added to trays, pour coffee, add hot water, and include frozen and other food items on the food cart prior to delivery.
• Process patient trays and other service ware through the dish machine in a timely manner using proper techniques.
• Record food intake of patients on menus and sign the Calorie Count Form.
• Review patient menus for write-ins, prepare or inform the appropriate individual responsible for the item.
• Serve food on patient trays, including late trays, in an accurate, neat, timely, sanitary, and safe manner according to the diet manual and portion chart.
• Load trays properly on the food cart and maintain appropriate tray speed.
• Scrape debris from pots, pans, and utensils; soak them in soap and hot water; scour all debris away; rinse and sanitize pots, pans, and utensils.
• Place items in appropriate baskets and into the pot and pan machine for sanitizing.
• Remove baskets from the machine and allow items to air dry.
• Place items in the proper storage location upside down.
• Report all broken or malfunctioning equipment to management.

Requirements

• Must be able to read, write legibly, and speak English.
• Able to concentrate with interruptions.
• Ability to take oral and written instructions.
• Manual dexterity and good eye/hand coordination.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Mechanical aptitude to disassemble and reassemble equipment.
• Ability to work as part of a group.

Qualifications

High School Diploma/GED equivalent preferred. GED equivalent must be secured within one year of employment.