Nutrition Services Dietary Aide New Wage Scale

Montevista Rehabilitation and Skilled Care•Lawton, OK

9h•Onsite

About The Position

Montevista Rehabilitation and Skilled Care is hiring a Nutrition Services Dietary Aide to assist the food service team in creating a positive and healthy dining experience for residents. The aide ensures meals, snacks, and hospitality items are prepared and dining areas are set up within the correct serving times, and works with department staff to provide service and clean up meals, snacks, and hospitality areas. The role supports the facility’s mission to provide clinical care, rehabilitation, wellness, and supportive services to patients and residents.

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; bring negative results to the Nutrition Services Manager’s attention.
Discard expired or contaminated food properly.
Follow hand-washing practices and use gloves, hair restraints, protective wear, and infection-control and universal-precaution procedures.
Follow food-preparation methods that control cross-contamination.
Prepare food using standardized recipes, production worksheets, and special-diet requirements.
Use available tools such as spreadsheets, prep-at-a-glance materials, and production guides to support timely meal production and portion control.
Pull, thaw, and prepare foods in advance of production needs.
Ensure prepared foods are served within meal hours and preserve their quality, temperature, and appearance.
Serve meals according to facility methods and portion-control and plating guidelines.
Clean the kitchen and equipment daily and on schedule according to sanitation procedures; 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 food production, service, and cleanup.
Complete assigned kitchen closing duties on the PM shift.
Perform other duties as assigned.