Dietary Assistant

Job Title

Qualifications

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

One year public food service training

Experience/Skills

One year public food service & commercial food preparation experience

Understands public customer relations and communicates with the public in a professional, courteous, and helpful manner

Maintains current and on-going working knowledge of food preparation

Demonstrates the ability to follow standardized recipes

Possesses positive, effective communication skills

Coordinates skills to accomplish more than one activity at a time

Required Licenses/Certifications

CPR

ServSafe Certification

Working Conditions

Routine Responsibilities

Behavioral Expectations

Consistently complies with established Behavioral Expectations

Customer Service

Greets customers with a positive reflection of the services provided to make the visit pleasant and accommodating

Prepares all equipment for the service of the meals including steam table, beverage area, cash register, salad bar area, tables and seating, and tray set-up station when assigned to cafeteria

Places dishes, silverware, hot and cold foods, baked goods, beverages, desserts, condiments, and salad bar foods in the units in a timely manner to meet the hours of service for the cafeteria when assigned to cafeteria

Serves food cost effectively and with attention to predetermined portioning to all customers equally 100% of the time

Keeps all areas of the department clean and attractive

Product Compliance

Performs dishwashing services accurately and without delay to within appropriate time frames

Maintains dish machine and pot and pan area in clean, sanitized conditions at all times

Reviews menus and assembles food/supplies as needed for daily preparation

Follows standardized recipes and maintains established policies and procedures, standards and practices in food preparation to achieve department goals and objectives

Prepares specialty items for special functions as directed that are appropriate for the function

Prepares food items for the cafeteria and for Meals on Wheels that are attractively presented and that allow for variety as directed to promote customer satisfaction and sales

Places stock in correct area and reports any outages and shortages to management immediately

Washes pots and pans with correct sanitizing techniques 100% of the time

Sweeps and mops floors thoroughly

Receives and stocks storage areas

Assists in care and maintenance of department facilities and equipment supplies as directed

Follows established department policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental cleanliness, and infection control 100% of the time

Assists in closing department to ensure safety and security of the area with 100% compliance to procedures

Therapeutic Compliance

Correctly assembles meal trays according to diet requirements 100% of the time

Is knowledgeable of meal services for general diets, therapeutic diets, pediatrics, geriatric, and nursing mothers

Maintains consistent awareness of therapeutic diets by the study of the current diet manual and attending in-service education on therapeutic needs

Reads and modifies menus correctly 100% of the time

Assembles trays on the assigned trayline position involving duties such as placement of hot and cold beverages, loading food carts in the correct room order, delivering meal carts to the correct units, retrieving cards, etc.

Keeps patient cardex current when taking messages and orders from the nursing units

Prepares nourishment according to therapeutic needs

Prepares accurate counts for items needed for trayline services and prevents delay in service 100% of the time

Food Service Sanitation/Safety

100% compliance with all Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and sanitation regulations

Prevents injury by following all safety regulations

Practices infection control procedures per policy

Follows sanitation procedures of the department as governed by State, Federal, and HACCP regulations

Documents required cleaning/temperature monitoring and reports variances to the supervisor/director.

Other Responsibilities

Maintains temperature charts, cafeteria meal count, and money count daily

Prepares monies in par values daily and requests change in whole forms per accounting policy

Secures cash register when leaving area

Maintains cafeteria furniture in good condition

Maintains starter station for tray line

Accepts all other duties as assigned

Full time/Day shift 80 hours/Biweekly