Dietary Aide (fulltime and parttime)

Hillcrest Health & Rehabilitation Center • Corbin, KY

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About The Position

Hillcrest Health & Rehabilitation Center is hiring full-time, part-time, and PRN (as-needed) Dietary Aides. The role supports the facility’s food service operations and helps provide palatable, appetizing meals to residents in accordance with established procedures, portion controls, and sanitation standards. Dietary Aides work with the cook and Dietary Manager and coordinate with personnel across departments to ensure meals and related services meet residents’ needs.

Duties include assisting with meal preparation and service, checking diet trays, maintaining food supplies and inventory, cleaning kitchen and food-service areas, and handling utensils and equipment. Employees must follow oral and written instructions, maintain resident confidentiality, and interact tactfully with residents, families, colleagues, visitors, and members of the public. The position may involve working holidays, attending activities outside the facility, and assisting with resident evacuation. Prior experience is preferred.

Requirements

• Prior experience is preferred.
• Must be able to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to speak and write English.
• Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile people.
• Must maintain the confidentiality of resident information.
• Must remain drug- and alcohol-free when reporting to work, while at work, and during work-related activities.
• May be required to lift, push, pull, or move equipment and supplies weighing more than 50 pounds.
• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the day.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must have adequate sight and hearing, with prosthetics if needed, to perform the position’s requirements.
• Must be able to assist with resident evacuation.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience.

Responsibilities

• Work with the cook and Dietary Manager to implement recommended changes.
• Follow dietary procedures in accordance with established policies.
• Maintain effective working relationships with personnel in the dietary department and other facility departments to support food service for residents.
• Serve meals that are palatable and appetizing in appearance, in a timely manner and according to established portion controls.
• Report accidents and incidents according to established practices.
• Review menus before food preparation.
• Assist with setting up the food-service production line to ensure meals are prepared on time.
• Maintain and stock inventory.
• Care for supplies and equipment; maintain the appearance of work areas; and inspect food-service areas for sanitation, order, safety, and proper performance of duties.
• Sweep and mop floors as directed; clean work tables, meat blocks, refrigerators, and freezers.
• Carry soiled utensils to the wash area and return clean utensils to appropriate storage areas.
• Maintain sanitary work areas and obtain food supplies for the next meal.
• Assist in checking diet trays before distribution and prepare to deliver snacks as instructed.
• Maintain the confidentiality of resident information.
• Attend activities outside the facility when required to stay current on developments, practices, and regulatory changes.
• Assist with evacuation of residents when necessary.
• Perform other assigned duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed