Dietary Aide AM
About The Position
The Dietary Aide is responsible for assisting with and serving meals and beverages according to facility procedures, ensuring safe-handling standards for sanitation and quality. This role involves proper storage of food to maintain cleanliness and prevent spoilage, accurate recording of meals served, and monitoring food temperatures. The aide will also be responsible for cleaning assigned dining areas, washing dishes and utensils, and ensuring compliance with sanitation standards, including obtaining ServSafe certification. Participation in menu planning and ensuring safe food receiving, storage, preparation, and service are also key aspects of the position. The role requires protecting food throughout all phases of preparation, holding, service, cooking, and transportation, and the ability to communicate effectively within a team. A strong understanding of food safety and the ability to work under pressure are essential.
Requirements
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally within a multi-function, interdisciplinary team
- Food safety knowledge
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to read and write English
- Ability to do simple math
- Familiar with clinical diets and has ability to learn special diets
- Good personal hygiene
- Ability to work quickly and efficiently
- Exceptional customer service and interpersonal skills
- Employee must be able to sit, stand and move around the facility/campus as required
- Employee must be organized and detail-oriented
Nice To Haves
- ServSafe Certification preferred
Responsibilities
- Assist/serve meals and beverages using facility-specific procedures
- Serve meals using safe-handling standards to maintain sanitation and quality
- Store stock appropriately in order to maintain cleanliness and prevent food spoilage
- Accurately record meals served as needed and monitor and document food temperatures
- Monitors and documents heating and cooling food storage equipment
- Clean assigned dining areas using appropriate procedures
- Wash dishes and/or utensils according to acceptable standards of practice
- Ensure compliance with sanitation; complete ServSafe certification
- Participate in menu planning as appropriate
- Assure safe receiving, storage, preparation, and service of food
- Protect food in all phases of preparation, holding, service, cooking, and transportation
- Assembles food supplies and equipment needed to complete task at hand
- Reheats, and serves all foods to correct temperatures
- Understands therapeutic and special diets and follows physician-ordered diet orders
- Properly cools and stores all foods and leftovers, including covers, labels and dates
- Tests food qualities and identifies and corrects problems before meals are served
- Keeps working environment clean and in sanitary condition by developing and monitoring appropriate cleaning processes and schedules
- Performs all cleaning duties according to cleaning schedules as assigned
- Assists other dietary personnel as needed
- Serves residents in dining room as needed
- Ensures all doors are locked to ensure inaccessibility to residents to ensure safe environment when kitchen is unattended
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
