Dietary Aide 345pm-7pm

Texhoma Christian Care Center•Wichita Falls, TX

11h•Onsite

About The Position

The Dietary Aide is responsible for providing assistance in food preparation, serving, and cleaning the kitchen and dining room areas. This role requires the ability to communicate effectively, handle physical demands, and exercise patience and judgment while working with the elderly. A commitment to Christian principles and compliance with all regulatory requirements and company policies is expected.

Requirements

Must be at least 16 years of age or older
Ability to communicate verbally with residents, families, visitors and co-workers
Ability to make self clearly understood by others
Ability to use up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force continuously to move objects and/or people
Position requires bending, stooping, twisting, turning, reaching, lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, kneeling, walking, and standing for up to 75% of shift
Ability to recognize differences in sound, such as voices/noises that are loud and playful instead of angry and combative
Ability to exercise patience, tact, initiative, judgment, and confidentiality (following established guidelines)
Ability to recognize changes in a resident’s appearance, attitude, and condition
Personality attuned to the requirements of meeting needs of the elderly, and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the public
Commitment to Christian principles and teachings both professionally and personally
Sufficient good health to properly discharge duties
Ability to comply with Resident/Patient rights, all state/federal regulatory requirements, and all company policies and procedures
Ability to attend general orientation session and attend department orientation
Submit to TB Tine Test and return as instructed to read results or provide results of current TB Tine Test in the last 12 months
Submit a current Food Handler’s Certificate approved by the Wichita County Public Health District
Must be employable by the Texas Nurse Aide Registry (NAR) – cannot be listed on the NAR as revoked; and cannot be considered unemployable by the Employee Misconduct Registry (EMR)
Cannot be convicted of a criminal offense listed in the Texas Health and Safety Code (THSC), §250.006(a), or convicted of a criminal offense listed in THSC, §250.006(b) within the five years immediately before your application date
Must be able to work any day of the week