Kitchen Assistant

Position Summary:

Brightwater's Kitchen Assistants are expected to prepare, wash, and store dishes; assist with serving meals and bussing tables; and work as a team member with other employees to assure efficient, safe operation of the kitchen and the dining room.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintain resident, employee, and community information in strict confidence (with community management or other employees as necessary).
• Provide employees, residents and guests with clean and sanitized utensils, plate ware, glassware and equipment.
• Ensure dishes are sanitized and available as necessary.
• Always keeps sanitation solution up to health department code standards.
• Sets up the dish machine in the AM and close down the dish machine in the PM according to procedures.
• Maintains daily cleanliness and maintenance of dish machine.
• Complete Dishwasher Temperature Log at required times.
• Washes plate ware, glassware, silverware, pots/pans and kitchen utensils according to sanitation and cleaning procedures.
• Places clean plate ware, glassware, silverware, and pots/pans in specified shelves according to sanitation and cleaning procedures.
• Keeps kitchen clean by sweeping, mopping floors, lining and emptying trash.
• Cleans and sanitizes throughout shift.
• Completes assigned prep work and cleaning duties.
• Trouble-shoots dishwasher machine malfunction.
• Attend scheduled training seminars and staff meetings.
• Assist with setting tables, serving meals and bussing tables.
• Keeps immediate supervisor promptly and fully informed of all problems or unusual matters of significance and takes prompt corrective action where necessary or suggests alternative courses of action which may be taken.

Requirements:

• Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Meet state or provincial health related requirements.
• Maintain current Food Handlers permit.
• Maintain any certifications as required by state or provincial regulations.
• Ability to read menus and clearly communicate resident needs.
• Ability to hear well amongst loud background noise.
• Able to carry trays and supplies.

Summary:

About us
Brightwater is a management company that oversees senior living communities across North America. At Brightwater, our goal is to lead the way in innovation for tomorrow to enrich the lives of seniors today by providing seniors and families with hospitality and healthcare experiences that are unrivaled.

Why we do what we do
We know that the most important moments in our residents’ lives are the ones that make them feel at home. We continue to create services and amenities designed to help seniors' live life THEIR way and never ask them to change who they are to fit into our communities. We design spaces that adapt to their lives, their needs, and their choices.

What we value
Everything our team members do, everything our team members say, and the way our team members act is a direct reflection of the Brightwater brand. We know how important it is to show admiration, have integrity, and work as a team to strive for both excellence and innovation. We expect our team members to take ownership of their role and show stewardship in the way they manage human, material and fiscal resources that have been entrusted to our care. We also encourage the complete well-being of our team members by valuing the time required for regeneration and rejuvenation.

Our communication philosophy
We pride ourselves on creating an environment that facilitates open and transparent communication with our team members, our residents and our families. Our team is available to listen, support and serve the needs of all team members through direct and ongoing dialogue, and we believe that this respectful, open-minded dialogue makes us stronger in what we do and how we do it. We make every effort to ensure team member’s suggestions, ideas, opinions, and concerns are heard, and we reward team members for creation of ideas that improve any aspect of our community.

Brightwater Senior Living is an equal-opportunity employer and strives to provide an environment in which human dignity prevails. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, perceived race, color, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, creed, religion, age, marital status, family/parental status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, receipt of public assistance, status as a veteran or current or future military status. Brightwater Senior Living does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.