Culinary Server
15 hours ago
New London
Job Description BETHESDA NORTH POINTE Culinary Server JOB DESCRIPTION Job Summary: To provide residents well prepared nutritious meals served with individual thoughtfulness. Join our team and turn everyday dining into a warm, memorable experience for our residents. As a Culinary Server at Bethesda North Pointe, you’re more than just a server—you’re a friendly face, a trusted connection, and a key part of each resident’s day. Job Relationships: • Reports to: Head Chef, • Interrelationships with: Culinary team team, Nursing, Activities, Business Office, Social Services, Maintenance, Laundry, Residents and Resident’s families, Volunteers, Venders, • External Contacts: Visitors, delivery persons Hours of Work: As scheduled Dress Code: Per Culinary Policy and Procedure Essential Requirements of Work: • Experience, • Previous food service experience desirable, • Previous long-term care experience desirable, • Personal, • Must be able to read English, • Write and perform mathematical formulations, • Must be willing to learn, • Must be able to follow directions and perform assigned tasks, be self-motivated, • Must be in good physical and mental health, • Must be able to work cooperatively with others in a proximity and teamwork capability, • Must have efficient time management skills, • Ability to complete assigned duties in required time, • Job Knowledge, • Knowledge and ability to operate and maintain upkeep of large and small equipment, • Understanding of daily menu requirements and personal diet requirements, • Understanding of sanitation and safety requirements Knowledge, Skills and Ability for Full Performance: • Plan work schedule for the day based upon the menu and cleaning schedule., • Meet meal time schedules, • Must be able to work with and secure the cooperation of fellow dietary employees in order to implement the meal, • Must work with geriatric residents showing care and empathy, • Must be self motivated in the absence of the dietary manager, • Must be knowledgeable in weights and measures, • Must be knowledgeable in the storage of food products, • Must be knowledgeable in therapeutic diets, • Must be understanding of sanitation and safety measures to meet state and federal regulations, • High level of proficiency and time management to meet meal regulations time, • Must have the capacity to operate commercial equipment, • Must be in good physical and mental health Physical Demands of the Job: • Occasionally lifting to 50 pounds, • Exposed to temperature extremes in kitchen and storage areas, • Will receive education regarding safe work habits due to exposure to cuts, burns, falls, and lifting, • Stand, stoop, bend, and walk during all of scheduled shift, • Ability to work with detergents, chemicals and ware washing assignments Mental Demands of the Job: • Understanding of therapeutic diets and the special needs of residents, • Maintain mental alertness in order to accurately follow dietary menus and resident therapeutic diets and textures, and requests while managing time regulations Quality Performance Results In: • Meeting the mission statement of the Dietary Department, which is serving residents nutritious meals that have a nice appearance and prepared with individual thoughtfulness, • Residents are well nourished, happy and healthy, • Meeting or exceeding all state and federal requirements Effect of Error: • If resident receive incorrect food according to the menu and diet card this could result in., • Choking, • Illness, • Diabetic reaction, • Allergic reaction, • Insufficient nutrition, • Improper hydration, • Poor work habits can cause injury to employee or resident, • Poor food and sanitation practices could cause food borne illnesses, • If quality of prepared food is poor, income goes down due to decline in customers, • Nutritional needs of the vulnerable are not met, • Dissatisfaction among residents and families Principle Job Responsibilities: Responsibility: Ensure proper sanitation and safety measures are followed at all times. • Follows sanitation and safety techniques in operation and cleaning of all equipment., • Uses proper sanitation and safety procedures during workday. Responsibility: Participate positively and with a smile in the timely and accurate and attractive service of meals to residents and other customers. • Dish up salads, desserts, beverages, bread and condiments, • Assist in dining room service of setup and serving resident’s meals, recording intake of residents and cleaning up., • Prepare between meal nourishments and supplements, Delivers and cleans up snack carts, • May assist in receiving and storage of food supplies, • Participates positively in effective communication with nursing and family in regards to special needs of the resident, • Records and carries out any resident dietary changes Responsibility: Wash dishes on a timely basis meeting or exceeding all state and federal requirements. • Washes dishes following meals, • Washes pots and pans during shift, • Monitor dishwasher temperatures, procedures and performance Responsibility: Miscellaneous • Complies with all facility policies, • Follows through on resident’s rights, • Attends in-service and all necessary training, • Works to meet the goals of the facility with enthusiasm and spirit of cooperation and integrity, • Other jobs as assigned by Supervisor