Nutrition Services Dietary Aide

Montevista Rehabilitation and Skilled Care•Lawton, OK

17h•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 role ensures meals, snacks, and hospitality items are prepared and that dining areas are set up within the correct serving times. The aide works with other department staff to provide service and clean up meals, snacks, and hospitality areas. The position includes safe food handling and storage, food preparation according to standardized recipes and special diet requirements, meal service and portion control, and cleaning and sanitation of kitchen, equipment, serving lines, and dining rooms. The aide also supports timely production and service, completes assigned kitchen close duties, and performs other duties as assigned.

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-storage temperatures, and bring negative results to the Nutrition Services Manager’s attention.
Discard expired or contaminated food properly.
Follow handwashing, glove, hair-restraint, infection-control, universal-precaution, and protective-wear procedures.
Follow methods to prevent cross-contamination.
Prepare food using standardized recipes, required production amounts, and special diet requirements.
Use available production tools and guides to support timely meal production and portion control.
Pull, thaw, and prepare food in advance of production needs.
Ensure food is served during meal hours and preserve its quality, temperature, and appearance.
Serve meals according to facility methods, portion control, and plating or presentation guidelines.
Perform daily and scheduled cleaning of the kitchen and equipment according to 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.
Properly store, chill, and reheat leftovers.
Clean and arrange food-storage areas.
Assist department staff with timely food production, service, and cleanup.
Complete assigned kitchen closing duties for the PM shift.
Perform other duties as assigned.