Nutrition Services Dietary Aide-Dishwasher

The Villages on MacArthur • Irving, TX

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nutrition Services Dietary Aide-Dishwasher assists the food service team in creating a positive and healthy dining experience for residents at The Villages on MacArthur, a long-term and rehabilitative care facility. The role helps prepare meals, snacks, and hospitality items and ensures dining rooms are set up within the correct serving times. It also supports meal service and cleanup across dining and hospitality areas.

The position follows food-safety, sanitation, infection-control, and universal-precaution procedures; prepares and serves food according to standardized recipes, production requirements, and special diets; and performs cleaning, storage, and kitchen-close duties as assigned. The role works with other department staff to ensure timely food production, service, and cleanup.

Requirements

• Food handler’s card required.
• Fundamental understanding of sanitation, cleanliness, and personal hygiene.
• Ability to communicate tactfully with coworkers, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies, and the general public.
• Regular, predictable, and dependable attendance.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Follow food-handling and storage guidelines for raw and prepared foods.
• Test and record temperatures of hot and cold foods and cold-food storage areas, and bring negative results to the Nutrition Services Manager’s attention.
• Discard expired or contaminated food properly.
• Follow handwashing, glove, hair-restraint, infection-control, and universal-precaution procedures, including using required protective wear.
• Follow methods to control cross-contamination.
• Prepare food using standardized recipes, production worksheets, and special-diet requirements; use production tools to support timely production and portion control.
• Pull, thaw, and prepare foods in advance of production needs.
• Ensure prepared foods are served during meal-service hours and preserve their quality, temperature, and appearance.
• Serve meals using facility methods and correct portion-control and plating guidelines.
• Perform scheduled cleaning of the kitchen and equipment and clean and sanitize work areas after tasks.
• Set up and clean serving lines and dining rooms, including rolling flatware, setting tables, and maintaining condiments and centerpieces.
• Store, chill, and reheat leftovers properly.
• Clean and arrange food storage areas.
• Assist department staff with timely production, service, and cleanup.
• Complete assigned PM-shift kitchen-close duties.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings
• Supplemental voluntary benefits
• Paid time off with cash-out and donation options
• Paid holidays
• Pay on Demand payday advance
• Gym membership and fitness program discounts
• Employee discounts on everyday purchases and services
• Access to an automobile and home insurance marketplace
• Employee appreciation events
• Competitive compensation

What This Job Offers

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