Dietary Aide

Georgetown Behavioral Health Institute•Georgetown, TX

About The Position

The Dietary Aide participates in providing quality meals and nutritional services to patients, staff, and guests. The role serves cafeteria customers, supports food preparation and stock handling, maintains clean work areas, and contributes to professional growth while upholding the organization’s ethics and customer service standards. The position requires flexibility in work hours to meet patient and organizational operating needs.

Requirements

A high school degree or equivalent is preferred.
Obtain a valid Food Handlers Certificate within 30 days of hire.
Two years of experience in a kitchen or customer service role is helpful, preferably in a healthcare setting.
Concentrate on work amid noise, conversations, foot traffic, and other distractions; meet deadlines and finish food preparation by specified serving times.
Be flexible in work hours to meet patient and organizational operating needs.
Maintain self-control during volatile or hostile customer service interactions.
Adjust recipes to achieve desired results; read and comprehend recipes or instructions on prepackaged products; and read, convert, and adjust mathematical measurements for recipe changes.
Use kitchen equipment such as knives, slicers, mixers, and dishwashers; understand food-preparation hygiene and appropriate cleaning products and methods for different surfaces.
Work independently in a restricted physical environment for extended periods and perform several tasks concurrently.
Maintain highly confidential information.
Effectively interact with people in diverse roles, backgrounds, cultures, and socioeconomic classes, including people in crisis or who are resistant or negative toward the organization.
Be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, and grasp, and perceive object attributes such as size, shape, temperature, and texture by touch.
Express and exchange spoken ideas, including conveying detailed or important instructions accurately and sometimes quickly and loudly.
Meet the stated hearing requirement: no less than 40 dB loss at the listed frequencies of 1000 Hz and 2000 Hz, with or without correction; perceive detailed oral information and distinguish sounds.
Perform repetitive motions with wrists, hands, and fingers.
Exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
Have visual acuity, with or without correction, sufficient to complete administrative and clerical tasks and inspect and analyze.
Handle frequent interruptions and shift between tasks while concentrating amid noise, conversation, and foot traffic.