Dietary Aides

MARY WADE HOME•New Haven, CT

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides food set up, preparation and general cleaning in the Dietary Department to ensure meals are prepared and served to residents in a timely manner in accordance with their meal plans.

Requirements

No prior experience or training.
Ability to read, write and speak in English. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Sensitivity to the needs of the elderly in a healthcare setting.
Good interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

Provides for optimal dining experience for the residents
Assists with food preparation.
Sets up tray and wagon for service of food to residents and staff.
Cleans dishes, utensils and trays ensuring sanitary condition.
Obtains food supplies from store rooms.
Reads and understands therapeutic break-downs, menus, individual diet codes and tray cards.
Operates kitchen machinery in accordance with standards and procedures.
Visits residents daily for lunch and supper menu in absence of Dining Room Manager.
Directs resident concerns, questions, and suggestions to food service supervisor.
Follows through with guidelines for proper dining environment, notifying staff.
Assists with setup for meal service on resident units. Set up includes preparing all food items and all items needed for meal service, plates, utensils, special equipment needed and all adaptive equipment.
Prepares desserts, special resident requests and items needed for meal service on units. Separates and make sure all items on menus are on units or in cool check containers.
Must be able to read breakdown menu, be aware of all resident food allergies, to be able to measure, prepare all food items within diet orders.
Must be able to read and understand resident’s diets, allergies, fluid restrictions, for service from hot carts on units.
To complete dish room assignments as needed.
Keeps store room in order and puts away stock.
Adheres to infection control policies and procedures as established by facility.
Adheres to dietary isolation policies and procedures.
Immediately reports potential exposure, hazard or unsafe condition to supervisor.
Maintains resident privacy and confidentiality.
Promotes a professional image by adhering to the established dress code as evidenced by supervisor observation.
Complies and promotes all rules regarding resident rights.
Demonstrates cooperation and teamwork with peers and other departments.
Engages in positive customer service interaction with residents, families and visitors.
Takes ownership of an error in delivery of service and works to correct the problem.
Contributes to meeting the fluctuating staffing needs of the department as evidenced by flexibility in own assignments and work schedules.
Attends all mandatory education and in-service programs as indicated by attendance records.
Displays good attendance and is punctual.
Completes documentation in an accurate and timely fashion
Completes and submits checklists as required by supervisor.
Keeps up with nourishment and dietary kardex as changes occur and as indicated by Cook or Food Service Supervisor.