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Lead Kitchen Worker

Primary Location Panorama City, California Facility Name Panorama City Medical Center Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $26.62 - $29.35 / hour

Job Number 1409600 Date Posted 03/06/2026

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Job Summary:

Under immediate supervision provides functional guidance to assigned staff & assures standard quality of food & service. Performs routine food preparation, tray assembly, serving duties & delivery according to prescribed production schedules & established procedures. Responsible for maintaining sanitation of food service work areas and/or food service station.

Essential Responsibilities:

This description is for recruitment posting purposes only. It has not received full HR review and approval.
- Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws.
- Assembles all food and non- food items for patient trays, cafeteria and/or catering services.
- Delivers food carts w/ patient meals, catered meals & nourishment to appropriate pantries/meeting rooms.
- Heats & serves food to patients, serves food in cafeteria and/or to catered meetings.
- Collects soiled meal dishes after meal services & returns them to dish room.
- Ensures quality & appearance of all food and non- food items, ensures proper storage of food & non-food items following Hazard Analysis Critical Control Policy (HACCP) guidelines.
- Cleans, sanitizes & maintains all dishes, food delivery carts, equipment, work areas & pantry food stations.
- Maintains proper stock levels in own work areas, including taking & filing of inventory & disposal of outdates foods.
- Utilizes effective verbal communications including telephone conversations w/ patients, doctors, members, vendors, staff & co-workers.
- Collects & maintains written information including logs, menus, slips, charts, forms, requisitions, filing & scheduling activities.
- May orient & train new employees.
- Leads activities of co-workers including coordinating workflow, resolving crises & providing quality control.
- Adjust staff schedules & coordinate workflow in the absence of supervisor.
- May perform other duties as required.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

- Six (6) months experience in a food service establishment (hospital, cafeteria, restaurant, etc).
- Six (6) months leader/senior experience.
- Demonstrated ability to read, write & follow written & oral instructions in English.
- Ability to lift or move by other means items weighing up to 50lbs, carry items weighing 25lbs or more & push/pull carts weighing 100 lbs or more.

Education

- High School Diploma/GED and/or equivalent experience.

License, Certification, Registration

Additional Requirements:

Preferred Qualifications:

- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of hospital food service operations preferred.
- One (1) year experience in a food establishment (hospital, cafeteria, nursing home & restaurant) preferred.

Notes:

Mon-Wed, Fr-Tue, Thur-Fr

Primary Location: California,Panorama City,Panorama City Medical Center Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun Working Hours Start: 06:00 AM Working Hours End: 02:30 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B01|SEIU|Local 399 Job Level: Entry Level Department: Panorama City Med Center - Food Preparation - 0801 Pay Range: $26.62 - $29.35 / hour Travel: No On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. 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.

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