JOB SUMMARY:

Prepares, assembles, rethermalizes and serves food to patients, cafeteria patrons and catered events. Performs dishwashing and other sanitation duties.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience

• Six months food service experience required.
• Must be able to lift items weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Must push and pull carts weighing 100 lbs.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain positive working relationships and courteous interactions with the public.

Education

• N/A

License, Certification, Registration

• Food Handler Certificate (California)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• N/A

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• One year experience or equivalent in a food establishment.
• Knowledge of hospital food service operations.
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• Schedule to include all shifts, rotating weekends, holidays, and floating within the established seniority section.

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• This is a temporary position for approximately 6 months
  
  PrimaryLocation : California,Riverside,Riverside Medical Center/Medical Offices 1
  
  HoursPerWeek : 20
  
  Shift : Day
  
  Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun,
  
  WorkingHoursStart : 12:01 AM
  
  WorkingHoursEnd : 11:59 PM
  
  Job Schedule : Call-in/On-Call
  
  Job Type : Standard
  
  Employee Status : Temporary
  
  Employee Group/Union Affiliation : B05|USW|Local 7600
  
  Job Level : Entry Level
  
  Job Category : Dietitians & Nutrition Services
  
  Department : Riverside Med Center - Food Preparation - 0801
  
  Travel : No
  
  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.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws. Assembles/prepares patient, cafeteria, and catering food to include entree, salad, dessert, beverage, nourishments. Prepares tray line, assemble food trays in accordance with worksheets and place assembled food trays on food carts. Rethermalizes precooked foods for patients, cafeteria patrons, and catered event participants. Sets up and replenishes food and non-food items in cafeteria and conferences and replenishes hot and cold food items on cafeteria and catering lines. Labels and refrigerates leftovers. Delivers patient tray carts and nourishments to food distribution centers on each floor. Serves trays to patients. Serves food to cafeteria and conference patrons. Returns trays and carts to dishwashing area. Sanitizes carts after each use; operates dishwasher to wash all dishes, trays, and utensils; washes pots and pans, stores cleaned items according to established procedure. Cleans various areas and equipment to include serving and dining areas, steam table, refrigerators, microwave ovens, and other equipment used in performing their tasks. Receives and stores delivered food; paper and supplies and verify orders received. Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations when interacting with other personnel, health plan members and the public. Performs other related duties as required. Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service. Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.

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