Dietary Aide - Sterling Heights

Optalis Health Sterling Heights wants you to join our family of talented individuals. We are seeking to hire bright, dynamic leaders who have a passion for service and a commitment to excellence! At Optalis Health Sterling Heights, we love what we do, and it shows! Our team of caring professionals work together to make our residents feel at home in our communities.


We are looking for Dietary Aides to join our team! We offer PTO, 401k with match, Health, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Voluntary Life. We also offer a Basic Life Insurance Policy at no charge to you.

Our Dietary Aides provide food service to our residents focusing the needs of each resident during mealtimes. Dietary Aides work with the Cooks and Dietary manager to make sure our residents nutrition needs are met.

Dietary Aide Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assist in daily preparation and service of resident meals, including therapeutic and modified consistency diets.
• Ensure meals are appealing, appetizing and nutritionally sound.
• Work on tray line
• Assists with food storage according to facility procedures and safe food handling guidelines.
• Maintain sanitation standards as defined by facility policy and procedure while in the prep areas of the kitchen as well as the dish room.
• Attend required staff in-services
• Cleans dishes, utensils and equipment according to sanitation standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Dietary Aide Requirements:

• Ability to think and work independently and with direction and communicate with staff members in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Excellent personal hygiene.

Experience:

• Prior experience in long term care is preferred.
• Prior experience in commercial restaurant is preferred