Dietary Aide HCC

PruittHealth•Ocilla, GA

22h

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 is responsible for cleaning, sanitizing, and maintaining equipment. The Dietary Aide supports meal preparation and service for patients and residents, including following diet orders, preparing snacks and between-meal nourishments, delivering trays and meals, offering menu substitutions, and communicating with patients, residents, clients, families, and visitors in a warm, professional, and helpful manner. The role also performs kitchen cleaning and sanitation, checks and records temperatures and chemical levels, maintains food and supply storage, operates kitchen equipment, follows safety and infection-control practices, participates in surveys and required training, and honors residents’ rights and corporate compliance requirements.

Requirements

Sufficient education to demonstrate functional literacy.
No prior experience required; on-the-job training is provided.

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.
Use proper food-handling processes, procedures, and policies.
Deliver trays to patients and residents on the halls.
Deliver and serve meals, food, and beverages in the dining area.
Prepare and serve between-meal nourishments 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, family members, and visitors in a warm, friendly, professional, and helpful manner; respond to concerns and answer questions when appropriate.
Clean dining tables after each meal and clean the work area at the end of shifts and after meals, including sweeping and mopping.
Remove garbage from kitchen areas and hose out garbage containers.
Comply with infection-control policies and established safety procedures, including fire protection and prevention and smoking regulations.
Scrape and wash dishes, pots, and pans.
Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures according to established procedures.
Check stock as needed and store supplies appropriately according to facility guidelines.
Store cleaning materials appropriately and properly store leftovers and opened food.
Set up the tray line and perform tray-line service.
Make coffee and tea as requested.
Clean kitchen equipment, including carts, tables, counters, ice machines, buckets, blenders, mixers, meat slicers, freezers, refrigerators, stoves, steamers, garbage disposals, dish machines, coffee and tea makers, and steam tables.
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 and record water temperatures for dishwashers and pot-and-pan sinks.
Check dishwashers with sanitizer strips and check and replace chemicals as needed.
Participate in center or agency surveys, including licensure and JCAHO surveys, and complete subsequently required reports.
Attend and participate in continuing education programs and mandatory in-services.
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 involving occupational hazards, including exposure to blood and body fluids.
Follow established safety regulations and procedures when performing tasks or working with equipment.