Dietary Aide HCC

PruittHealth - Brevard, NC

Full-time

Onsite - Brevard, NC

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The Dietary Aide at PruittHealth plays a crucial role in assisting with food preparation and service in accordance with established guidelines. This position involves following dietary orders, preparing meals, and ensuring cleanliness and maintenance of kitchen equipment. The Dietary Aide is responsible for delivering meals to patients and maintaining a friendly and professional demeanor while interacting with residents and their families.

Responsibilities

• Follows diet orders and NPO diet orders
• Assists cook in preparing meals, desserts, and snacks for patients/residents
• Uses proper food handling processes, procedures, and policies
• Delivers trays to patients/residents on halls
• Delivers and serves meals to patients/residents in dining area
• Prepares between-meal nourishments and serves in accordance with procedural guidelines
• Offers menu substitutions and records them in accordance with procedural guidelines
• Follows procedures for serving partner meals
• Cleans tables in the dining area after each meal
• Cleans work area at the end of shift and after meals
• Removes garbage from kitchen areas and hoses out garbage containers
• Complies with infection control policies in the work area
• Scrapes dishes, washes dishes, pots, and pans
• Records freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures in accordance with established procedures
• Checks stock as needed and stores in an appropriate manner according to facility guidelines
• Stores cleaning material appropriately
• Sets up tray line and performs tray line service
• Properly stores leftovers/opened food
• Makes coffee/tea as requested
• Cleans kitchen equipment such as carts, tables, counters, ice machine, etc.
• Operates the coffee & tea maker, dish machine, garbage disposal, mixer, blender, meat slicer, and steamer
• Follows standardized recipes
• Uses serving equipment (ladle, spoon, scoops, etc.)
• Checks and records water temperature
• Checks dishwasher with sanitizer strips
• Checks chemical levels and replaces if needed
• Participates in center/agency surveys and required reports
• Attends and participates in continuing educational programs
• Honors patients/residents' rights
• Complies with corporate compliance program
• Reports job-related functions/tasks that involve occupational hazards
• Follows established safety regulations and procedures

Requirements

• Sufficient education to demonstrate functional literacy
• On-the-job training is provided

Nice-to-haves

• Previous food service and/or food preparation experience preferred
• Long term care dietary experience is preferred

Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity employer