Compassionate Dietary Aide - Patient Meals & Care

PruittHealth; Georgia; On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

PruittHealth is seeking a Dietary Aide to support meal preparation and service for patients and residents. This role involves assisting cooks with meals, snacks, and desserts, delivering trays, and ensuring proper food handling and sanitation throughout shifts.

Responsibilities include serving meals, recording substitutions, and maintaining a clean dining and kitchen area in accordance with guidelines. Prior food service experience is preferred, with on‑the‑job training provided.

Qualifications

• Sufficient education to demonstrate functional literacy.
• None, on-the-job training is provided.
• Previous food service and/or food preparation experience preferred, long term care dietary experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists cook in preparing meals, desserts and/or snacks for patients/residents; i.e. salads and desserts and other dishes.
• Uses proper food handling processes, procedures and policies.
• Delivers trays to patients/residents on halls.
• Delivers and serves meals to patients/residents in dining area; food and beverages.
• Prepares between-meal nourishments (make sandwiches, etc.) and serves in accordance with procedural guidelines.
• Offers menu substitutions and records them in accordance with procedural guidelines.
• Follows procedures for serving partner meals.
• Communicates well with patients/residents/clients and family members providing warm and friendly greeting and an approachable attitude to families, visitors, patients/residents/clients and responds to expressed concerns while displaying a helpful, caring demeanor.

Skills

Food preparation

Sanitation

Infection control

Customer service

Education

Functional literacy

Job description

PruittHealth is seeking a Dietary Aide to support meal preparation and service for patients and residents. This role involves assisting cooks with meals, snacks, and desserts, delivering trays, and ensuring proper food handling and sanitation throughout shifts.

Responsibilities include serving meals, recording substitutions, and maintaining a clean dining and kitchen area in accordance with guidelines. Prior food service experience is preferred, with on‑the‑job training provided.