Food Service Technician

Job Description

Healthcare Staffing Professionals has an immediate need for Food Service Technicians in West Los Angeles, CA. The Food Service Technician shall provide services as permitted within the scope of practice in accordance with policies and procedures.

Pay Rate-

$18/hr working 40hrs a week

Healthcare Benefits:

Healthcare, Dental and Vision, Life Insurance

Work Location: West Los Angeles, CA

Job Duties

a. Provide food preparation and waited meal services three (3) times a day, in accordance with Departmental Policies and Procedures related to food handling and

sanitation regulations.

b. Provide meals for employees, guests, and catered events; sanitation and cleaning, food and supply purchasing, and nutrition care support.

c. Assist in food service and related work in the kitchen, dining room and the facility; read menus for regular and modified therapeutic diets.

d. Assist in preparing and dispensing food in the proper portions for tray line and in the dining room; load, transport, store and deliver food, supplies and equipment.

e. Set up assigned stations and salad bars with required serving equipment and utensils; replenish stations as needed; relieve and serve food from kitchen, including the preparation of beverages, desserts and salads.

f. Review and assist in putting away supplies.

g. Assist members at meal time.

h. Maintain proper sanitation and temperatures.

i. Perform simple cooking tasks (i.e. toasting bread, mixing batters, operating the grill).

j. Deliver and pick up meal carts.

k. Provide and replenish snacks and condiments.

l. Wash dishes, pots, pans, meal carts, dishwasher and disposal, and clean floors in related areas; operate dish washing machines and other culinary equipment.

m. Clean and maintain utensils, equipment and work area; clean and wipe interior and exterior of all equipment; properly dispose of items in appropriate bins.

n. Participate in regular monthly staff meetings; assist co-workers with any special clean up or extra jobs as related. May be required to participate in special events as they pertain to the Dietetics Department; may act in the absence of Food Service Technician II as required.

Requirements:

a. Experience: six (6) months of experience in an institution, hotel, or restaurant, serving, cleaning food service areas, or assisting with the preparation and service of foods and beverages.

b. Knowledge of: methods of cleaning and preparing foods for cooking and storing food; proper methods of arranging dining room furniture, setting tables, and serving meals; various types of food service utensils and equipment and their uses; methods of cleaning and maintaining food service areas, utensils, and equipment; sanitation and safety measures in food service areas; general pantry work.

c. Ability to: portion servings; follow directions and keep simple records; communicate at a level appropriate to the classification.

d. Sympathetic understanding of and willingness to work with the resident population of a State institution; personal cleanliness, good sense of smell and taste; and freedom from communicable disease.