Wage Dietary Aide

DHRM•Roanoke, VA

21d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dietary Aide works in the Dietary department at Davis & McDaniel Veterans Care Center. The role assembles and delivers resident meals, supports between-meal nourishment service, receives and stores food supplies, and cleans food-service equipment and dishware. The aide follows assigned daily and weekly workflows and safety and sanitation guidelines, and cross-trains in all dietary work areas. The employee may also be called upon to assist the agency or state government during an emergency declaration by the Governor.

Requirements

Ability to read at a 10th-grade level.
Ability to take and follow instructions given by a supervisor.
Ability to push or pull 50 pounds or more daily.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of tray line operations and various diets.

Responsibilities

Properly and quietly assemble resident trays.
Deliver meal carts or trays to units.
Assist with preparing, delivering, and cleaning up between-meal nourishment.
Pick up food carts and deliver them to the dish room.
Assist with receiving and storing food supplies.
Operate the dish machine to clean resident trays.
Complete daily and weekly cleaning assignments.
Follow Department safety and sanitation guidelines.
Clean food-service delivery equipment and dishware.
Follow daily and weekly work flow sheets for assigned tasks and have the shift supervisor check assignments before the shift ends.
Cross-train in all dietary work areas to ensure proficiency.
Perform other duties within the Dietary department’s mission as assigned and as facility needs warrant.
May assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.