Dietary Aide HCC

PruittHealth • Valdosta, GA

6d

About The Position

The Dietary Aide assists with food preparation according to established procedures and directions from the Dietary Manager or supervisor. The role follows facility procedures for storing, serving, and transporting food and supplies, and cleans, sanitizes, and maintains equipment. The Dietary Aide supports meal service for patients and residents, follows diet orders, uses proper food-handling practices, and helps maintain a clean and safe kitchen and dining environment. The position also involves communicating with patients, residents, clients, and families in a warm, helpful, and professional manner.

Requirements

• Sufficient education to demonstrate functional literacy.
• No previous experience is required; on-the-job training is provided.
• Follow facility procedures for food handling, storage, service, sanitation, infection control, and safety.

Nice To Haves

• Previous food service and/or food preparation experience preferred.
• Long-term-care dietary experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Follow diet orders, including NPO orders.
• Assist the cook with preparing meals, desserts, snacks, salads, and other dishes.
• Follow proper food-handling processes, procedures, and policies.
• Deliver meal trays to patients and residents on the halls.
• Deliver and serve food and beverages to patients and residents in the dining area.
• Prepare and serve between-meal nourishment in accordance with procedural guidelines.
• Offer menu substitutions and record them according to procedural guidelines.
• Follow procedures for serving partner meals.
• Communicate with patients, residents, clients, and family members in a warm, approachable, and professional manner; respond to expressed concerns and answer questions when appropriate.
• Clean dining-area tables after meals and clean the work area at the end of shifts and after meals, including sweeping and mopping.
• Remove kitchen garbage and hose out garbage containers.
• Comply with infection-control policies and established safety procedures and regulations.
• Scrape and wash dishes, pots, and pans.
• Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures, and check and record water temperatures as required.
• Check stock and store food, leftovers, opened food, and cleaning materials according to facility guidelines.
• Set up the tray line and perform tray-line service.
• Prepare coffee or tea as requested.
• Clean and maintain kitchen equipment, including carts, tables, counters, ice machine, blender, mixer, meat slicer, freezer, refrigerator, stove, steamer, garbage disposal, dish machine, coffee/tea maker, and steam table.
• Operate the coffee and tea maker, dish machine, garbage disposal, mixer, blender, meat slicer, and steamer.
• Follow standardized recipes and use serving equipment such as ladles, spoons, and scoops.
• Check the dishwasher with sanitizer strips and check and replace chemical levels as needed.
• Participate in center or agency surveys, including licensure or JCAHO surveys, and complete subsequently required reports.
• Attend and participate in continuing education and mandatory in-service programs.
• Honor patients’ and residents’ rights, including fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, civil rights, and the right to make complaints.
• Comply with the corporate compliance program.
• Report job-related tasks or functions involving occupational hazards, including possible exposure to blood and body fluids.

What This Job Offers

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