Food Service Aide

Description

Job Summary

• The Food Service Aide prepares and serves food, including texture modified and therapeutic diets, according to the facility menu. The Food Service Aide assists in assuring proper receiving, storage, preparation, serving sanitation and cleaning procedures are followed.

Essential Job Functions:

• Prepares food, including modified textures and therapeutic diets.
• Prepares food by methods that conserve nutritive value, flavor and palatability.
• Prepares, portions, and / or serves food using proper measuring equipment and serving utensils, while maintaining quality control standards.
• Ensures all food items are handled properly to meet safety and sanitation standards, according to State and Federal regulations. Properly stores and refrigerates necessary items. Ensures that foods are cooked to the appropriate temperatures according to the latest FDA (Food and Drug Administration) standards.
• Wraps, labels, dates, and freezes any leftover foods that are not scheduled for use in the immediate future.
• Cleans and sanitizes equipment and food preparation area using the appropriate cleaning methods, and following established procedures and cleaning schedules.
• Practices safety, infection control and emergency procedures according to facility guidelines .
• Interacts in a manner that is courteous, considerate, and cooperative when communicating with all facility personnel, patients and family members.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings, in-services, projects, and committees as assigned.
• Adhere to and support the center’s practices, procedures, and policies including assigned break times and attendance.
• Accept assigned duties in a cooperative manner; and perform all other related duties as assigned.
• Be flexible in schedule of hours worked.
• May require use of personal vehicle

Requirements

 Working Conditions and Physical Demands

• The working conditions and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Ability to access all areas of the center throughout the workday.
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds occasionally, 15 pounds frequently, and 7 pounds constantly; required to obtain assistance of another qualified employee when attempting to lift or transfer objects over 25 pounds.
• Requires constant hand grasp and finger dexterity; frequent sitting, standing, walking and repetitive leg and arm movements, occasional bending, reaching forward and overhead; squatting and kneeling.
• Ability to communicate verbally with an excellent comprehension of the English language.
• Work is generally performed in an indoor, well-lighted, well-ventilated, heated, and air-conditioned environment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to read, speak and understand English
• Ability to prepare food following standardized recipes.
• Ability to read, understand and follow menu spreadsheets.
• Follows directions and completes tasks in a timely manner.
• Maintains a neat, clean, well- groomed appearance.
• Knowledge of basic concepts for regular, texture modified and therapeutic diets.
• Ability to ensure sanitary conditions in the kitchen.
• Dependable

Education and Certification

• Must possess a High School Diploma, or GED.
• Must possess a Food Handler’s Certification
• Is medically cleared for communicable diseases and has all immunizations up-to-date before engaging in direct participant contact