What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kitchen Asst./Dishwasher - part time evening and weekends position at Twin Lakes Community?
JOB TITLE: Kitchen Assistant / Dishwasher
DEPARTMENT: Dietary
REPORTS TO: Sr. Food Service Director
HOURS: Part time - Evenings and weekends
POSITION SUMMARY:
Responsible for preforming a variety of duties in the Dietary Department to insure the area is kept clean and all services are accomplished in a customer friendly environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- To ensure adequate supply of clean utensils and dishes and pots and pans for use.
- Scrap trays, soak dishes, utensils, and assemble dish machine.
- Operate an industrial dishwasher.
- Set up and wash pots and pans.
- Removal of trash from kitchen.
- Operate an industrial dishwasher.
- To ensure proper safety and sanitation guidelines are used.
- Perform opening and closing side work.
- Clean up spills or broken glassware immediately.
- To provide quality food to residents, visitors, employees and guests in a timely manner.
- Making tea and coffee, cleaning coffee machines in health care.
- Working on tray line, setting up the trays with utensils, napkins, condiments, read and call out the diet cards, some bending over for tray and lifting up to 10 pounds.
- Putting plates, desserts, and drink on tray then put on cart, some bending is required as well
- Cleaning area and putting away milk and juice.
- Empty and clean tea urns and coffee pots.
- Pick up trays and trash from floor
- Assist with sweeping and mopping the floor.
- Must be able to lift trash cans.
- Reports all unusual conditions, behaviors, and/or resident reactions to the appropriate Licensed personnel in a timely manner.
- Responds and reacts in a kind, polite, and professional manner to residents, families, visitors, coworkers, and supervision.
- Responsible for protecting any confidential information concerning residents, family, and/or the organization.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of and adhere to all Safety procedures and facility Fire, Disaster, and Bomb Threat procedures.
- Adheres to all organizational, departmental, and nursing procedures in the performance of position responsibilities.
- Must attend organizational or departmental conferences and/or in-services as scheduled.
- Report any sanitation or janitorial issues to the appropriate party.
- May be required to perform other duties in keeping with the nature of this position which will not significantly alter the job requirements
Specific Requirements:
- Possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant it.
- Able to read, write and speak English in an understandable manner.
- Able to manage time, multiple tasks, and projects.
Education and/or Experience:
- High School Diploma/GED preferred.
- One or more years of experience in food service preferred.
