Production/Cook- FT - Brethren Retirement Community

SUMMARY

Portions and/or serves food to residents, guests and staff.  Perform post-meal dining room and kitchen clean up.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.

Healthcare:

Assemble and deliver floor supplies according to posted standards.

Reads spreadsheets to determine amount and kinds of food to be portioned.

Gathers numbers, dishes and other portioning devices and uses to accurately portion hot and cold food into individual serving dishes or plates.

Takes hot carts and cleans dishes to assigned neighborhoods.

Sets dining room, steamtable, beverage cart and refrigerator/ice bars for meal service.

Reads printed menus or tray tickets and serves appropriate food or beverage item.

Assures plates and china are at appropriate temperature before, during and at the end of service.

Dishes food for each resident per menu ticket.

Cleans steamtable and sends hot box to dish room.

Either reports to dish room or cleans dining rooms as assigned.

Main Dining Room:

·         Sets dining room and wait stations for each meal.

·         Takes resident food orders, serves meal according to standards of service.

·         Clears tables and cleans dining room and wait station.

·         Wraps silverware

·         Stocks wait stations

·         Records resident attendance to meal

·         Expedites food from kitchen to dining room

Cafeteria:

·         Sets up steam table, salad bar and cold bar for meal service at the beginning of day.

·         Prepares short orders as requested by customers

·         Keeps service area neat and clean throughout meal service

·         Prepares and stores food items for night shift staff

·         Preps food for pizza, cold bar and salad bar

·         Operates cash register

·         Cleans up steamtable, salad bar and cold bar for meal service at the end of day.

Coordinator:

·         Sets dining room and wait stations for each meal

·         Takes residents food orders, serves meal according to standards of service

·         Clears tables and cleans dining room wait station

·         Wraps silverware

·         Stocks wait station

·         Records residents attendance

·         Helps on service line in evening

·         Oversees and checks out servers in evening

All:

·         Wash and store dishes, utensils, pots, pans and cooking equipment according to department policy

·         Dispose of refuse according to department policy and procedures

·         Put food and supplies away according to department policy and procedures

·         Perform general cleaning as scheduled

·         Complete duties within prescribed time limits

·         Maintain organized and sanitary work area

·         Participate in department and organizational meetings, training, in-services and educational programs.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Less than high school education.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s.  Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple on-or two-step instructions.  Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; talk or hear; and taste or smell.  The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel or crouch.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to extreme heat, wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and extreme cold.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but occasionally may be exposed to loud noises.

PRIVACY UNDERSTANDING
It is the position of Brethren Retirement Community that all of its employees have the potential to encounter both written and oral information of a private nature.  It is understood that as an employee the highest standards of discretion must be observed.  Under no circumstances will resident information be shared with any other person except for authorized person providing for the care of the individual(s).

Employee completed annual compliance training & exhibits behavior as set forth by the code of conduct in the performance of their duties.