Dietary Aide HCC

PruittHealth•Clearwater, FL

13d

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; assists with preparing meals, desserts, and snacks; delivers trays and serves meals to patients and residents; prepares between-meal nourishments; and offers and records menu substitutions. The role also supports partner meal service and communicates with patients, residents, clients, families, and visitors in a friendly, helpful, and professional manner. Additional duties include cleaning dining and kitchen areas, washing dishes and cookware, monitoring and recording refrigerator, freezer, and water temperatures, checking sanitizer and chemical levels, storing food and supplies appropriately, setting up and serving on the tray line, operating kitchen equipment, and following food-handling, infection-control, and safety procedures. The position participates in surveys, required reports, continuing education, and mandatory in-services, and honors residents’ rights and corporate compliance requirements.

Requirements

Sufficient education to demonstrate functional literacy.
No prior experience is required; on-the-job training is provided.
Follow food-handling, infection-control, and safety procedures.

Nice To Haves

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

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 the halls.
Deliver and serve food and beverages to patients and residents in the dining area.
Prepare and serve between-meal nourishments 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 helpfully to expressed concerns and answer questions when appropriate.
Clean dining tables after each meal and clean work areas after meals and at the end of the shift, including sweeping and mopping.
Remove garbage from kitchen areas and hose out garbage containers.
Comply with infection-control policies and established safety procedures, including fire protection and prevention requirements.
Scrape and wash dishes, pots, and pans.
Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures according to established procedures.
Check stock as needed and store food, supplies, cleaning materials, and leftovers appropriately according to facility guidelines.
Set up the tray line and perform tray-line service.
Make coffee or tea as requested.
Clean and maintain 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 and check dishwashers with sanitizer strips; monitor and replace chemicals as needed.
Participate in center or agency surveys, including licensure and JCAHO surveys, and complete subsequently required reports.
Attend and participate in continuing education programs and mandatory in-services.
Honor patients’ and residents’ rights, including fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, civil rights, and the right to make complaints.
Comply with the corporate compliance program.
Report job-related tasks involving occupational hazards, including exposure to blood and body fluids, as necessary.
Follow established safety regulations, including infection-control and smoking regulations.