Dietary Aide Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High School Graduate or GED.
• 1 or more years of experience in related field.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short preparation times.
• Reads food order or receives verbal instructions.
• Maintains patient diet orders, effectively communicates with nursing if any issues arise pertaining to a patient’s diet order.
• Contacts dietician on call when problems arise with patient diet orders.
• Prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
• Typically performs fast food cooking duties in preparing food items to be served to customers.
• Follows basic product directions for preparing, cooking, and serving of meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuff for consumption.
• Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment, measures and mixes ingredients, washing, and peeling, cutting and shredding vegetables.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production and keep records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• Cleans and sanitizes work stations and equipment following regulatory rules and procedures.
• Promotes effective teamwork.
• Displays professional behavior and positive attitude at all times.
• Adheres to organizational policies and procedures.
• Effectively manages hospital resources (time, supplies, equipment, etc.).
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.