Dietary Aide

Embassy Oak Hil!s ManagemenL • Lorain, OH

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Dietary Aide assists with dietary functions as directed and in accordance with established policies and procedures. The role supports food service for residents by helping prepare, set up, serve, and clear meals; maintaining cleanliness and sanitation; and ensuring food, supplies, utensils, and equipment are ready for service. The aide works with residents, facility personnel, visitors, and other departments, while protecting resident confidentiality and following safety, infection-control, and food-handling requirements.

Work takes place in well-lit and ventilated areas, including warm kitchen and storage areas, and involves intermittent movement, frequent interruptions, and interaction with residents and family members, including people who may be emotionally upset or hostile. The role may involve weekend work, work beyond normal duty hours, temporary work in other positions, emergency call-back, exposure to temperature changes, infectious materials, hazardous chemicals, sharp objects, burns, falls, odors, dust, disinfectants, and other air contaminants. The position requires the ability to move throughout the workday and push, pull, move, or lift at least 25 pounds; assistance with resident evacuation may be necessary.

Requirements

• Must have at least a 12th-grade education.
• Must be at least 18 years old or possess a work permit.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Must be able to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
• Must deal tactfully with personnel, residents, families, visitors, government representatives, and the general public.
• Must maintain supplies and equipment, keep work areas orderly, and inspect food-service areas for sanitation, safety, order, and proper performance of duties.
• Must demonstrate patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, enthusiasm, and willingness to work with residents at their individual maturity levels.
• Must be willing to learn new methods and principles and incorporate them into dietary practices.
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others in the workplace.
• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday and cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must have adequate sight and hearing, with prosthetics if needed, to perform the job's requirements.
• Must be able to function independently and demonstrate flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
• Must meet facility general health requirements, including medical and physical examinations.
• Must be able and willing to wear required head and/or beard coverings.
• Must be able to work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile people.
• Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift at least 25 pounds.
• Experience is not required; on-the-job training is provided.

Responsibilities

• Follow dietary procedures and established policies.
• Maintain a positive working rapport with personnel in the dietary department and other facility departments, and help maintain a warm, calm, and welcoming department atmosphere.
• Participate in assigned departmental studies, projects, workshops, seminars, and in-service training.
• Serve meals that are appetizing in appearance, timely, sanitary, and consistent with portion-control procedures.
• Set up meal trays, food carts, and dining areas; assist with meal service, check diet trays, deliver carts and trays to designated areas, and remove used trays and utensils.
• Assist the cook with meal preparation and prepare and deliver snacks as instructed.
• Distribute and collect menus, obtain food supplies for upcoming meals, and make only authorized food substitutions.
• Clean work tables, meat blocks, refrigerators, freezers, floors, utensils, dishes, and other work areas; perform dishwashing and return clean utensils to appropriate storage.
• Keep work areas clean, dry, safe, and free of hazards; maintain food storage areas and dispose of food and waste according to policy.
• Follow sanitation, safety, infection-control, and universal-precautions procedures; use required protective clothing and personal protective equipment.
• Maintain necessary equipment and supplies, help inventory and store incoming items, and ensure supplies for the next meal are available.
• Immediately report hazardous conditions, equipment problems, accidents, incidents, and missing or illegible labels or safety data sheets to the supervisor.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident-care information, knock before entering a resident's room, and report complaints to the Director of Food Services.
• Assist with food preparation for special meals and parties.
• Communicate and coordinate with department supervisors and facility staff to plan dietary services and activities.
• Meet facility health requirements, wear required hair coverings, and assist with resident evacuation when necessary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED