Kitchen Assistant (Dining Services II) Veterns Community Living Center Homelake, Monte Vista, CO.

This position is open to current Colorado residents only. The position may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

About the role

You are required to work at your assigned work location during your scheduled work times. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - 5:00 am – 1:30 pm & Wednesday and Thursday - 10:00 am – 6:30 pm; shifts may vary depending on business needs. Work arrangements are subject to change at any time.

Responsibilities

• Assist and support cooks in providing and performing cooking services (meals and special requests) to meet the needs and requests of the residents in both the Domiciliary and Nursing Home.
• Maintain a safe and sanitary kitchen, dining room, and storage areas.
• Serve meals, take orders, cook to order food, dish up desserts and salads, put out condiments, fruit and necessary food items, and roll silverware.
• Act as the cook or cook helper; prepare breakfast, lunch and supper meals and other related functions to ensure timely and nutritious meals for residents and staff.
• Deliver meal trays to the Skilled Nursing Facility and the Domiciliary Cottages when meals cannot be served in the Dining Room.
• Stock resident refrigerator and pantry with food and supplies daily; check for outdated products and replace as needed.
• Take supplements and beverages to nursing service for distribution daily.
• Maintain a storeroom by stocking, inventorying, cleaning, and organizing food and non-food items to ensure sufficient food supplies and sanitary storage conditions.
• Sweep and mop kitchen and dining room if hostess not scheduled; clean steam table, set up steam table for meals, temp food items, clear up steam table and put away or dispose of leftover food.
• As a dishwasher, clean the dish room and sweep and mop floors daily to ensure sanitation and infection control requirements are met; throw trash, refill trash cans with clean liners, and cover with lids.
• In the absence of a hostess, set up dining room for meals including silverware, carafe of water, and glasses; clear and clean tables, replace tablecloths, clean dining rooms, sweep and mop floors, and perform other cleaning duties as assigned.
• Attend mandatory and non-mandatory in-services for department and facility; complete competencies for the department yearly; complete daily paperwork as assigned; attend all staff refresher courses when scheduled.
• Complete Relias and Cornerstone training on or before the due date.
• May be required to drive state vehicles to purchase products for the Dietary Department.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• One (1) year of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a long-term care or assisted living facility.
• Experience working with the elderly population.
• Experience preparing a meal tray.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse group of people.

Conditions of Employment

• Full background check including CBI & FBI fingerprint check, Colorado Court Database check, Medicare Fraud Database, TRAILS Database check.
• Position involves direct contact with vulnerable persons and requires a CAPS check.
• Must be willing to obtain vaccinations, as required by the State and facility.
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose that information on the application and explain why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify you from the current position.