Senior Dietary Aide in Post Falls, ID 83854

Senior Dietary Aide

The Senior Dietary Aide supports meal preparation, tray-line service, dietary-order compliance, kitchen cleanup, and general food-service operations. The role is ideal for a candidate who is detail-oriented, comfortable in a busy kitchen, and able to follow portion, sanitation, and special-diet instructions accurately.

Key Responsibilities

• Dish appropriate food portions and serve meals on the tray line.
• Prepare breakfast items, including toast.
• Complete meal-preparation tasks such as chopping, cleaning, and slicing vegetables.
• Prepare nourishments in accordance with diet orders.
• Garnish food items and puree food for tray-line service as needed.
• Assist with tray-line cleanup, dining-room clearing, and cleaning food-service equipment.
• Clean diet cards and reset trays for meal service.
• Help cover cook-related duties, including preparing salads and desserts, assisting with meal preparation, and completing next-day prep work.
• Follow food-safety, sanitation, portion-control, and special-diet procedures.
• Perform other food-service duties as assigned.

Candidate Requirements

• Prior dietary aide, kitchen aide, food-service, restaurant, cafeteria, healthcare, senior living, or hospitality experience preferred.
• Ability to accurately follow diet cards, food portions, and meal-service instructions.
• Familiarity with food preparation, basic knife skills, sanitation, and kitchen safety.
• Experience with tray-line service and/or modified diets is a plus.
• Reliable attendance, strong attention to detail, and ability to work well as part of a team.
• Comfortable working around hot food and equipment, cleaning chemicals, odors, and wet floors.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push/pull carts, and use hands repeatedly throughout the shift.
• Ability to frequently move items up to 25 lbs.; occasionally up to 50 lbs.; and rarely up to 75 lbs.