Nutrition Services Dietary Aide New Wage Scale

Accel at Willow Bend•Plano, TX

7h•Onsite

About The Position

Accel at Willow Bend in Plano, Texas is hiring a Nutrition Services Dietary Aide to assist the food service team in creating a positive and healthy dining experience for residents at a facility specializing in long-term and rehabilitative care. 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 service and clean up meals, snacks, and hospitality areas. The position supports the facility’s mission to provide clinical care, rehabilitation, wellness, and supportive services that meet the needs and expectations of 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.
Must be able to work weekends.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Follow guidelines for safe food handling and storage of raw and prepared foods.
Test and record hot and cold food temperatures and record temperatures in cold food storage areas; 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, production worksheets, and special-diet requirements; use available tools to support timely production and portion control.
Pull, thaw, and prepare food in advance of production needs.
Ensure prepared food is served during meal hours and preserve its quality, temperature, and appearance.
Serve meals using facility methods and correct portion-control, plating, and presentation guidelines.
Clean kitchen and equipment daily and on schedule 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.
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.