Dietary Aide HCC

PruittHealth•Griffin, GA

22d

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 aide supports meal preparation and service for patients and residents, including following diet orders, preparing snacks and between-meal nourishments, setting up and serving the tray line, delivering meals, and offering and recording menu substitutions. The role also maintains clean and safe work areas, handles food and equipment properly, records required temperatures and checks, and communicates with patients, residents, families, and visitors in a warm, professional manner. The position includes following infection-control and safety policies, respecting patients’ and residents’ rights, participating in surveys and required reporting, and attending continuing education and mandatory in-services.

Requirements

Sufficient education to demonstrate functional literacy.
No prior experience required; on-the-job training is provided.
Follow established food-handling, infection-control, and safety procedures.
Use food-service equipment and serving utensils as required by the role.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Follow diet orders, including NPO diet orders.
Assist the cook with preparing meals, desserts, snacks, salads, and other dishes.
Follow proper food-handling processes, procedures, and policies.
Deliver 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 professionally and warmly with patients, residents, clients, family members, and visitors; respond to expressed concerns and answer questions when appropriate.
Clean dining-area tables after each meal.
Clean the work area after meals and at the end of the shift, including sweeping and mopping.
Remove kitchen garbage and hose out garbage containers.
Comply with infection-control policies in the work area.
Scrape dishes and wash dishes, pots, and pans.
Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures according to established procedures.
Check stock as needed and store it appropriately according to facility guidelines.
Store cleaning materials appropriately.
Set up the tray line and perform tray-line service.
Store leftovers and opened food properly.
Make coffee or 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 coffee and tea makers, dish machines, garbage disposals, mixers, blenders, meat slicers, and steamers.
Follow standardized recipes and use serving equipment such as ladles, spoons, and scoops.
Check and record water temperatures, including those for dishwashers and pot-and-pan sinks.
Check dishwashers with sanitizer strips and monitor and replace chemical levels as needed.
Participate in center or agency surveys, including licensure and 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, and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints.
Comply with the corporate compliance program.
Report job-related tasks or functions involving occupational hazards, including exposure to blood and body fluids, as necessary.
Follow established safety regulations and procedures, including fire protection and prevention, smoking regulations, infection control, and safe equipment use.