Dietary Aide

Nutritional Services

Prepares and cleans up meals for patients, employees, customers and special events by performing the following duties.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Maintains standards of quality food production with portion control and handles food in accordance with established sanitary standards.
• Checks and verifies patient census and correct diet when in job classification.
• Assists with patient room service by answering the phone, taking food orders, placing the orders with the cook, preparing and filling patient side items and delivering the meals to inpatient area and to OB patients.
• Operates dishwashing machine in a safe and efficient manner.
• Fills condiments and paper products and restocks the retail area, break rooms, coffee stations.
• Fills nourishment order lists and delivers to areas within the facility such as surgery, imaging, rehab, emergency room and inpatient diet kitchen.
• Assists customers at the serving line and at the cash register.
• Provides general cleaning of dining room, kitchen and dish room.
• Supports the policies and procedures of the organization and the standards of the Joint Commission as required for full accreditation.

Education and/or experience: Some food service experience along with understanding the principles and requirements of sanitation and safety in handling food and equipment desired but not required.

Physical demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Welia Health is an equal-opportunity employer.