Dietary Aide

Kaiser Permanente; Canada; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Canada is seeking a Dietary Aide to prepare and serve food to patients and cafeteria patrons. Responsibilities include assembling food trays, dishwashing, and ensuring sanitation. Candidates should have at least six months of food service experience and the ability to lift items weighing up to 50 lbs. This role promotes strong customer service and cooperation within the team.

Qualifications

• Six months food service experience required.
• Must be able to lift items weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain positive working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Prepares, assembles, and serves food to patients and patrons.
• Performs dishwashing and sanitation duties.
• Promotes customer service to internal/external customers.

Skills

Customer service skills

Ability to lift 50 lbs

Positive working relationships

Job description

Job Summary

Prepares, assembles, rethermalizes and serves food to patients, cafeteria patrons and catered events. Performs dishwashing and other sanitation duties.

Essential Responsibilities

• Upholds Kaiser Permanente Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Assembles/prepares patient, cafeteria, and catering food to include entrée, salad, dessert, beverage, nourishments.
• Prepares tray line, assembles food trays in accordance with worksheets and places assembled food trays on food carts.
• Rethermalizes precooked foods for patients, cafeteria patrons, and catered event participants.
• Sets up and replenishes food and non-food items in cafeteria and conferences and replenishes hot and cold food items on cafeteria and catering lines.
• Labels and refrigerates leftovers.
• Delivers patient tray carts and nourishment to food distribution centers on each floor.
• Serves trays to patients and cafeteria and conference patrons.
• Returns trays and carts to dishwashing area, sanitizes carts after each use, operates dishwasher to wash all dishes, trays, and utensils; washes pots and pans, stores cleaned items according to established procedure.
• Cleans various areas and equipment to include serving and dining areas, steam table, refrigerators, microwave ovens, and other equipment used in performing tasks.
• Receives and stores delivered food, paper and supplies and verifies orders received.
• Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations when interacting with other personnel, health plan members and the public.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• Promotes customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills consistent with the organization’s philosophy of providing extraordinary service.
• Assumes other activities and responsibilities as directed from time to time.

Basic Qualifications

Experience

• Six months food service experience required.
• Must be able to lift items weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Must push and pull carts weighing 100 lbs.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain positive working relationships and courteous interactions with the public.

Education

• N/A

License, Certification, Registration

• Food Handler Certificate (California)

Additional Requirements

• N/A

Preferred Qualifications

• One year experience or equivalent in a food establishment.
• Knowledge of hospital food service operations.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Dietary Aide

LOCATION: Ontario, California

REQNUMBER: 1385116

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran or disability status.