Dietary Aide 630am-230pm

Texhoma Christian Care Center•Wichita Falls, TX

11d•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 a commitment to Christian principles and teachings, both professionally and personally, and the ability to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and the public. The position also necessitates compliance with resident rights, state and federal regulations, and company policies.

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.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the public.
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 date of application.
Must be able to work any day of the week.