Do you enjoy cooking for others? Do you currently cook but want to use your culinary experience by cooking from scratch?  Come join a team where we take our love for food and share our passion with residents at the Portage Health Care Center.

We currently have a on-call opportunity as a Food Service Aide This is a great opportunity for the right person looking to pick up some extra hours!

Hourly rate is $12.61 plus we pay $.30/hour for any hours worked between 2:30 - 11 pm!

Below are some of the job duties:

• Assists with serving meals on a timely basis, in accordance with food portion control procedures, that are appetizing in appearance.
• Prepare and deliver snacks.
• Arranges diet cards for tray service.
• Delivers food carts to units.
• Obtains and documents food and beverage temperatures
• Preps raw vegetables and fruits as instructed by Lead Cook
• Understands and adheres to diets and modifications as written.
• May use institutional equipment such as conveyor toaster, coffee urn, dishwasher or 3 well pot and pans sinks.
• Performs all cleaning duties as assigned, ex. sweep and wet wash kitchen floor daily, clean refrigerator and freezer units.
• Scrape, wash, rinse and sanitize dishware, utensils, pots and pans.
• Holds prepared food at safe temperatures.
• Monitors refrigeration and freezer thermometers and documents temperatures daily.
• Document supplies when needing replacement.
• Assists in unpacking and storing food deliveries and materials as necessary.
• Assure that needed repairs are reported to Dietary Manager or Lead Cook in a timely manner.
• Attends departmental meetings and in-services as scheduled
• Adheres to Infection Control and Universal Precaution policies and policies and procedures when performing daily tasks.
• Reports all accidents and incidents per Departmental policy.
• Interacts with residents, families and coworkers in a professional manner.
• Develop and maintain a good working rapport within the department as well as other departments to assure that food service can be properly maintained to meet the needs of the residents

You can request a copy of the complete position description by emailing: hr@co.portage.wi.us

 
These are the skills we are seeking:
 

• Must be a minimum of 16 years of age.
• Experience with preparation and serving of food in an institutional setting preferred.
• Knowledge of institutional diets desirable.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with residents, family members and visitors, etc.
• Ability to successfully pass a caregiver background check

Portage County is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

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