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Department of Corrections Food Service Specialist Level III in Holdenville, Oklahoma
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This is the leadership level of the job family, where employees are assigned responsibility for performing highly skilled work involving the operation of an institutional food service unit and supervising other Food Service Specialists in the requisition, storage, cooking, baking, and serving of food, the preparation of meats, poultry and fish for cooking, and the inspection and maintenance of sanitary kitchen and work areas. Under the direction of a Nutrition Therapist, some positions at this level will do nutritional assessments, ongoing charting in dietary progress notes and communicate with nursing and nutrition departments on patient concerns.
Positions in this job family are involved in handling, preparing, cooking and serving food for regular, modified and special diets at a state hospital, school, facility or institution. This includes maintaining clean and sanitary work, preparation and serving areas.
Typical Functions
- Prepares foods, salads, and desserts; cooks or bakes a variety of items.
- Supplies unit with meat, fish or fowl as ordered; cuts and prepares meat, poultry or fish.
- Cleans and prepares foods using tools such as knives, slicers and peelers and equipment such as ovens and steamers; follows written diet orders.
- Operates dishwasher; gathers, cleans, stacks and hand washes or scours pots, pans, dishes, silverware and other cooking and baking utensils.
- Removes refuse from kitchen area; sweeps mops and scrubs kitchen, dining and storage areas.
- Labels, loads and delivers food carts or trays; picks up trays after use.
- Defrosts and cleans refrigerators, walk-in coolers and related equipment.
- Operates state-owned cars, vans, and/or other motorized transportation.