Dishwasher

BASIC FUNCTION: Scraping, washing, and distributing dishes, glassware, and silverware, pots and pans.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Maintain food service area floors.  Ensure that floors are swept and mopped prior to the end of each shift and that they are clean and safe.  Maintain dishwashing area in a clean and organized manner, including storage of cutlery and china.
• Clean pots and pans according to high temperature sanitation requirements.
• Ensure all areas of the food service department are kept at a high level of cleanliness.  Dispose of waste from food service area prior to the end of each shift.  Keep waste and trash receptacles cleaned and covered at all times.
• Ensure that dishwasher is cleaned at the end of each shift, that proper washing temperature are maintained at all times, and that information is recorded on assigned log sheets.
• Reports to supervisor immediately any malfunction of dishwasher or any food service equipment or device.  Dispose of all broken dishware immediately and report loss to supervisor.  Maintain dishware and cutlery levels at appropriate and accurate level.
• Deliver and pickup room service trays.
• Assist Waitstaff and Diet Aides in moving meals to and from food service department.
• Performs other duties as may be assigned by Supervisor or Assistant Supervisor.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Neat, with good grooming habits, and courteous.  Must be able to communicate with, be interested in, and have compassion for the elderly.  Possess good communication skill, both verbal and written, and be fluent with the English language.  Read and understand labels on sanitary chemicals, and adhere to their appropriate and proper use.  Use assigned equipment in a proper manner to ensure safety to self and to others.  Able to follow schedules and meet deadlines as posted.  Able to work as a member of the food service and health care teams.  Able to maintain professional composure under stressful conditions.