Description

Job Summary:

Under indirect supervision, has been cross-trained in all food service department activities The service areas include ware washing, patient trayline, patient room service activities, food and supply inventory, receiving and storage, catering, cafeteria service, vending and food preparation activities. May also be cross-trained as a grill cook or cook assistant.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws. May prepare grilled food items to order for cafeteria customers during a designated meal period such as hamburgers, eggs, grilled cheese, according to pre-determined menus. Prepares and assembles appropriate quantities of food products (which includes mixing, chopping and slicing) according to instruction for use in cafeteria, catering, vending and patient feeding areas. Delivers food and supply items to patients according to prescribed diet and patient desires, within specified time frames. Inventories and prepares food items for display in cafeteria service area. Ensures adequate level of supplies, food, snack and beverage items for customer needs. Serves cafeteria customers. Assembles, fills and cleans food service equipment. Receives food and supply deliveries from outside vendors. Inspects items and ensures items received meet order specifications. Stores items in appropriate locations. Inventories supplies and rotates perishables appropriately. Maintains delivery records and issue logs. May perform other duties as assigned. Prepares and assembles food and supplies for catered events. Delivers catering items to meeting locations within specified time frames. Scrapes food debris and reusable wares. Operates dish machine effectively to ensure proper cleanliness and sanitation of items washed. Washes and sanitizes pots, pans and kitchen utensils. Cleans food service equipment and surfaces. Transports food items and carts to and from nursing units or other food service locations. Assembles patient trays with appropriate food and supply items according to menu specifications. Performs vending services for vending machine on and off premises. Stores items in appropriate locations. Rotates perishables appropriately. Maintains various logs. Inventories items. Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• Ability to operate standard quantity food service equipment (for example, dish machine, food processors, mixer, chopper, slicer, steam table, tray conveyer) required.
• Knowledge of quantity food service preparation techniques required.
• Must have good communication skills and ability to work well on service teams.

Education

• N/A

License, Certification, Registration

• 
  Driver's License (California)
  
  

• Food Handler Certificate (California)
  

Additional Requirements:

• N/A

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of hospital or institutional food service experience.

Notes:

• Position may work every weekend, varied locations, varied hours, varied days and varied schedule.
• Locations include Zion, SDMC, CM/MOB and SMMC
• Scheduled work hours per week will be 20-32.

Primary Location: California,San Diego,San Diego Medical Center
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 21
Shift: Variable
Workdays: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Working Hours Start: 12:01 AM
Working Hours End: 11:59 PM
Job Schedule: Part-time
Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B09|OPEIU|Local 30
Job Level: Entry Level
Department: San Diego Medical Center - Food Preparation - 0801
Pay Range: $25.87 - $28.17 / hour Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.

Requisition #: 1391090

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