Dietary Aide HCC

PruittHealth•Moultrie, GA

19d

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 follows diet and NPO orders; helps prepare meals, desserts, snacks, and between-meal nourishment; delivers and serves meals to patients and residents; offers and records menu substitutions; and follows procedures for partner meals. The role also communicates warmly and professionally with patients, residents, clients, families, and visitors, responding helpfully to concerns and appropriate questions. Additional duties include cleaning dining and kitchen areas and equipment; washing dishes, pots, and pans; monitoring and recording food-storage and equipment temperatures; checking and storing stock and leftovers; setting up and serving on the tray line; operating food-service equipment; checking sanitizer and chemical levels; participating in surveys, training, and mandatory in-services; respecting residents’ rights; and following compliance, infection-control, and safety procedures.

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.
Long-term care dietary experience.

Responsibilities

Follow diet orders and NPO diet 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 halls.
Deliver and serve food and beverages 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 warmly and professionally with patients, residents, clients, family members, and visitors; respond to concerns and answer questions appropriately.
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.
Follow infection-control policies and established safety procedures and regulations.
Scrape and wash dishes, pots, and pans.
Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures and check and record water temperatures.
Check stock and store supplies, cleaning materials, leftovers, and opened food appropriately.
Set up and provide tray-line service.
Prepare coffee and tea as requested.
Clean kitchen equipment and operate food-service equipment, including 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 dishwashers with sanitizer strips and check and replace chemical levels as needed.
Participate in center or agency surveys, including Licensure and JCAHO surveys, and complete subsequently required reports.
Attend continuing education programs and mandatory in-services.
Honor patients’ and residents’ rights to 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 involving occupational hazards, including possible exposure to blood and body fluids.