Diet Aide

Presbyterian Rust Medical Center • Rio Rancho, NM

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Diet Aide helps provide a positive dining experience for patients, staff, and visitors. The role oversees patient meals and tray delivery, including meals, nourishment, and floor stock, and ensures food selections align with physician-ordered diets. The Diet Aide also assists with food preparation and cooking to provide safe, high-quality meals throughout the hospital.

As a member of the Food Service team, the Diet Aide supports departmental activities, policies, procedures, sanitation, and quality standards. The position may support quality assurance through food monitoring, temperature checks, plate presentation, and diet compliance. It also serves as an information liaison among Food Service, patients, and dietitians, and maintains required department records and logs.

The position is based at Presbyterian Rust Medical Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. It is full-time, non-exempt, and scheduled for 12-hour day shifts. The posted pay range is $16.28 to $22.23.

Requirements

• At least one year of experience in food service or customer service.

Responsibilities

• Support the organization’s vision, values, and strategies.
• Participate as a team member in department activities, including educational meetings and in-services.
• Support quality assurance and departmental policies and procedures, including food monitoring, temperature taking, plate presentation, and diet compliance.
• Provide exceptional customer service to patients as an active member of the Food Service team.
• Assemble and deliver patient and customer meals according to established criteria and procedures.
• Demonstrate CARES behaviors and Customer Loyalty Bundle steps, including AIDET and HEAT, during meal delivery.
• Follow hospital, department, environmental, state, and JCAHO policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Serve as an information liaison between Food Service, patients, and dietitians.
• Maintain sanitation and quality standards required by department policy and regulatory agencies.
• Maintain required department records, reports, and files, including temperature, sanitation, and refrigeration logs, production records, and late tray reports.
• Use kitchen utensils and equipment, which may include grinders, slicers, mixers, and blenders.
• Operate the dishwasher to ensure dishes and utensils are clean.
• Assist with food preparation and cooking.
• Ensure patient food selections align with physician-ordered diets.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Group term life insurance
• Other optional voluntary benefits
• Employee Wellness rewards program with opportunities to earn gift cards through wellness activities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed