Diet Aide

Larkin Community Hospital•South Miami, FL

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The Diet Aide is responsible for maintaining and demonstrating knowledge of therapeutic diets, food service department policies, and food sanitation techniques. Key duties include managing inventory of supplies, accurately tallying menu items for production, and handling telephone communications and documentation. The role involves processing diet changes, preparing and modifying patient menus, and sorting menus for the trayline. Additionally, the Diet Aide works in various food service areas such as the cafeteria, café, or MD lounge, maintains a clean diet office, and assists with setting up meetings.

Requirements

Knowledge of therapeutic diets and menu modification
Knowledge of Food Service department policies and procedures
Knowledge of food sanitation techniques
Ability to use MSDS as reference
Knowledge of chemical usage for sanitation
Ability to maintain sanitation
Ability to manage inventory and restock supplies
Ability to report shortages
Ability to accurately tally menu items
Strong communication and documentation skills
Ability to manage diet changes and logs
Ability to prepare and modify patient menus
Organizational skills for trayline setup
Flexibility to work in various food service areas
Organizational skills
Ability to maintain a clean workspace
Ability to set up for meetings
Adaptability to perform various tasks

Responsibilities

Maintains and demonstrates knowledge of therapeutic diets and modification of menus
Maintains and demonstrates knowledge of Food Service department policies and procedures
Maintains and demonstrates knowledge of food sanitation techniques
Uses MSDS as reference to avoid injury from chemical uses
Knows what chemicals are used for which jobs
Ensures adequate sanitation is maintained throughout shifty by completing sanitation assignments
Demonstrates the ability to keep an adequate supply of items on hand (paper goods, food, sodas, juices, condiments)
Reports shortages of any item to management
Restocks all items; condiments, paper goods, food, sodas, juices, etc
Accurately tallies menu items for production
Answers diet telephone and documents all messages
Maintains all necessary logs: telephone; meals for Endoscopy, Ambulatory, Emergency room, In-patients; guest trays, daily census sheets
Takes any changes in diet immediately, informs the other diet aides and cafeteria aides of any late trays in a timely manner
Heads patient menus
Makes modifications as needed based on diet prescription or preferences
Sorts menus for the start of trayline
Works in the cafeteria, café, or MD lounge as needed
Maintains a clean and organized diet office
Sets up meetings and MD lounge as needed
Performs other assignments as needed