Nutrition Services Dietary Aide PRN

Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care•Wylie, TX

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care in Wylie, Texas, is seeking a Nutrition Services Dietary Aide to assist the food service team in providing residents with a positive and healthy dining experience. The role ensures meals, snacks, and hospitality items are prepared and dining areas are set up within the correct serving times. The aide works with other department staff to provide meal service and clean dining and hospitality areas.

Requirements

Food handlers' 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 hot and cold food temperatures and cold food storage temperatures; bring negative results to the Nutrition Services Manager's attention.
Discard expired or contaminated food properly.
Follow handwashing, glove-use, hair-restraint, infection-control, universal-precaution, and protective-wear requirements.
Follow methods to prevent cross-contamination.
Prepare food using standardized recipes, production worksheets, and special-diet requirements.
Use spreadsheets, prep-at-a-glance materials, and production guides to support timely meal preparation and portion control.
Pull, thaw, and prepare food in advance of production needs.
Serve prepared food within meal serving hours while preserving its quality, temperature, and appearance.
Serve meals according to facility methods and portion-control and plating guidelines.
Clean kitchen areas and equipment on a daily and scheduled basis using established sanitation procedures.
Clean and sanitize the work area after each task.
Set up and clean serving lines and dining rooms, including rolling flatware, setting tables, and maintaining tabletop 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.