Summary

　　Alternating Weekends, Alternating Holidays, 10 hours shifts

　　Job Description

　　POSITION SUMMARY: Prepares salads and/or desserts, serves on patient tray assembly line, and assembles cold food for Meals on Wheels program. Maintains salad/dessert storage, preparation areas and equipment in orderly, clean, and sanitary condition.

　　ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

　　Performs variety of preparation tasks (supply procurement, measurement, set-up) associated with salad and dessert production. Prepares salads and desserts to standardized recipes and portions.

　　Sets up the salad and dessert stations on the patient tray assembly line, assuring that all items required for meal service are readily available at these stations.

　　Places indicated portion of appropriate item on tray in proper manner, adhering to appearance standards.

　　SECONDARY FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:

　　Performs a variety of duties associated with backing up the salad and dessert stations on the patient tray assembly line.

　　Keeps salad/dessert storage, preparation and service areas in neat and clean condition.

　　JOB REQUIREMENTS

　　MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

　　HS diploma or equivalent preferred.

　　One (1) year of quantity food production experience.

　　One (1) year of basic nutrition knowledge.

　　PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

　　Three (3) years of salad/dessert and modified diets experience.

　　Three (3) years of food handling and sanitation procedures experience.

　　Three (3) years' experience with safety rules and equipment operation.

　　COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS

　　ATTENTION/CONCENTRATION – The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to focus on certain aspects of current experience and reject others:

　　The position requires the ability to attend to a specific stimulus without being distracted by extraneous environmental stimuli. The individual must be able to attend to environmental detail with the ability to separate essential from non-essential or irrelevant stimuli. The attention skills required are generally considered to be automatic - - passive, but focused with an intact capacity for select perception.NEW LEARNING AND MEMORY – The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to learn and retain material:

　　Job demands are only moderately routine and predictable. Minor changes may occur which require the individual to be able to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved instructions.PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND CREATIVE THINKING – The following level of ability that is essential for the jobholder to think (in order to solve a problem) by combining two or more elements from past experience or imaginative thought:

　　The position requires the ability to evaluate existing options to resolve a presenting problem. The resolutions or options are clearly defined, limited in number and are altered infrequently. Selection of the most appropriate solution is based on well-established and defined guidelines.TEMPERAMENTS: The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act:

　　Repetitive work: Ability to continuously perform the same type of work for extended periods of time, according to set procedures, sequence or pace.

　　Working within tolerances, set limits or standards: Ability to adapt to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, tolerances, or standards; to be precise, thorough, exacting, or meticulous in regard to material worked; or in activities such as numerical determinations, record preparation, or inspecting.

　　Performing under stressful conditions: Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are critical aspects of the job. Is subject to danger or risk, or to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.

　　Variety and change: Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.

　　Communication: Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.

　　Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.

　　EQUIPMENT USAGE REQUIREMENTS

　　Equipment/Tools: ovens, steamer, mixer, food processor, steam kettle, tube system, telephone, pans, knives, cutting boards, scales, thermometers, pens, menus, recipes, charts, can opener.

　　Software: e-mail.

　　PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

　　Rarely 0-10%; Occasionally 11-35%; Frequently 36-70%; Continuously 71-100%

　　Body Position/Movement:

　　Sit: Occasionally

　　Stand: Continuously

　　Walk: Frequently

　　Bend: Rarely

　　Push: Frequently

　　Pull: Continuously

　　Kneel/Squat: Rarely

　　Reach: Continuously

　　Twist: Rarely

　　Balance: Rarely

　　Climb: Rarely

　　Lifting: Degree of physical exertion is :

　　Moderate , exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

　　Sensory Abilities specifically required:

　　Vision

　　Hearing

　　PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

　　WORKING CONDITIONS: Position involves exposure to the following harmful elements:

　　Extreme Noise Levels

　　Extreme Temperatures

　　Moving/Rotating Machinery

　　Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.

　　Benefits At A Glance:

　　PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH offers the following benefits to employees:

　　100% Tuition Assistance at The Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

　　Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

　　Shift, Weekend and On-Call Differentials

　　Health, Dental and Vision Coverage

　　Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

　　Retirement Savings Account with Company Matching

　　Child Care Subsidies

　　Onsite Gym and Fitness Classes

　　Disclaimer

　　PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

　　Search Firm Representatives please read carefully: PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH as a result of the referral or through other means.

　　PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine), is a not-for-profit health system with a comprehensive network of care encompassing Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), Women & Babies Hospital and the Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital (a partnership with Kindred Healthcare). We are an Accredited Trauma Center-Level I through the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation with 805 Licensed beds. Our membership in Penn Medicine brings together the strengths of a world-renowned, not-for-profit academic medical center and a nationally recognized, not-for-profit community healthcare system.

　　Outpatient services are provided at the Downtown Outpatient and Suburban Outpatient Pavilions, along with additional outpatient centers and Express and Urgent Care locations throughout the region. Lancaster General Health Physicians is a network of more than 300 primary-care and specialty physicians, at more than 40 offices throughout the region.