Dietary Aide

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Dietary Aide assists with meal preparation, checking trays for accuracy, delivering, and picking up of meal trays, washing dishes, assisting patients with tray setup, and conducting rounds for patient satisfaction.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Assists cooks by preparing foods, pouring beverages, and transporting groceries from the storeroom, cooler and freezer.

· Checks in and rotates stock.

· Cleans equipment and service kitchen areas.

· Completes all cleaning duties in accordance with established job routines.

· Meets scheduled mealtimes and snack times.

· Operates mechanical equipment such as mixer, grinder, blender, slicer, and dish machine.

· Provides exceptional service to residents, patients, family members and other Facility staff members.

· Stock pantries and service areas in dining rooms as needed.

· Transports resident/patient meals to the nursing units via food cart.

· Washes dishes by hand and machine. Checks and records pot and pan sanitizer sink for correct solution and dish machine temperatures/sanitizer levels as assigned.

· Works on serving line to set up and serve resident/patient meals trays and via table side service.

· All other duties as assigned.

The primary purpose of the job description is to aid in establishing a pay grade for this job classification. Only those duties and responsibilities necessary for evaluation and/or labor market analysis have been included. This list is not all inclusive of the total scope of the job duties to be performed.

ESSENTIAL JOB QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION, SKILLS, AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS):

· High school diploma or equivalent.

· Ability to communicate through the oral and/or written process and ability to follow directions.

· Adhere to the Facility/Department Dress code Policy.

The knowledge, skills and abilities listed above are intended to represent the minimum levels associated with performing the duties and responsibilities contained in the job description. It is assumed the incumbent must possess the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform all the duties and responsibilities listed in the job description. The knowledge, skills and abilities should not be viewed as expressing absolute employment standards, but as general guidelines that should be considered along with other job-related selection criteria.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

· Able to lift up to fifty-five(50) pounds.

. Bending, stopping, twisting, kneeling, and shifting.

· Push wheeled carts weighing up to 300 lbs. or more.

· Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

· Standing and walking for extensive periods of time.