Dietary Aide

Homestead of Manhattan•Manhattan, KS

10h•Onsite

About The Position

The Dietary Aide assists in the kitchen before, during, and after meals. The role helps maintain kitchen work areas and keeps equipment, utensils, and food plates clean and orderly. The listed duties are general and not exhaustive; additional duties may be assigned by an authorized supervisor. The Dietary Aide serves meals and beverages, prepares between-meal nourishment snacks, assists the cook with meal preparation when needed, and performs dishwashing and scheduled cleaning. The employee follows dietary, safety, infection-control, universal-precautions, and other established policies and procedures; maintains a clean and safe department; and promptly reports abuse or neglect allegations, hazards, accidents, incidents, and missing or illegible safety information to the appropriate supervisor. The role also requires respectful and confidential interaction with residents, families, visitors, and team members. The position requires regular attendance, basic computer skills, English-language reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension, and the ability to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies. Employees must be able to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation and may need to work beyond normal hours, including weekends and holidays, when necessary. Physical demands include frequent handling and carrying of light loads, occasional lifting of 26 to 50 pounds, reaching, pushing and pulling, and potentially twisting, bending, crawling, squatting, kneeling, crouching, climbing, and balancing. For assistance with residents or objects over 25 pounds, employees must use a transfer/gait belt or obtain another employee’s assistance.

Requirements

Basic computer skills.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergencies.
Ability to work beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary.
Ability to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people.
Ability to see and hear adequately, or use prosthetics that enable these senses to function adequately for the position.
Regular worksite attendance.
If required to operate a motor vehicle for business purposes, successful completion of the requirements in the Company’s Motor Vehicles policy.
Use a transfer/gait belt or obtain another employee’s assistance when assisting residents or lifting or carrying objects in excess of 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

Assist in kitchen operations before, during, and after meals.
Maintain clean and orderly kitchen work areas, equipment, utensils, and food plates.
Comply with community personnel, safety, and corporate policies and procedures.
Immediately report witnessed or reported allegations of resident abuse or neglect to the Executive Director, RCC, or Unit Manager.
Treat residents, family members, visitors, and team members with dignity and respect, and maintain confidentiality of resident and family information.
Report to work on time and as scheduled.
Follow established dietary procedures and policies.
Assist with serving meals and pouring beverages; prepare and serve between-meal nourishment snacks.
Perform daily or scheduled cleaning, including cleaning work tables, meat blocks, refrigerators and freezers, and food storage areas; sweep and mop floors as directed.
Perform dishwashing and cleaning procedures, and ensure utensils and cooking equipment are available for the next meal.
Remove garbage and keep work areas clean, dry, and free of hazardous equipment and supplies.
Assist the cook with meal preparation when needed.
Follow safety regulations and precautions, as well as infection-control and universal-precautions policies and procedures.
Maintain a clean and safe department and ensure necessary equipment and supplies are maintained.
Immediately report hazardous conditions or equipment to a supervisor and report accidents or incidents to the supervisor on the shift when they occur.
Dispose of food and waste according to established policies.
Wear protective clothing and equipment when handling infectious waste or blood and body fluids.
Report missing or illegible labels or safety data sheets to a supervisor.
Assist with resident evacuation during emergency situations.
Use a transfer/gait belt or obtain another employee’s assistance when assisting residents or lifting or carrying objects over 25 pounds.