Compassionate Patient Meal Service Aide

Northridge Health and Rehabilitation; Commerce (GA); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

MyFlexPay

Paid time off

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

401(k) with match

Referral Bonus Program

Job summary

Northridge Health and Rehabilitation in Georgia is seeking a dietary assistant to support kitchen staff with meal preparation, tray delivery, and dining room service. You will assist with desserts, salads, and nourishments while following diet orders and infection control guidelines.

The role involves cleaning duties, food handling, and operating kitchen equipment, with weekly pay and benefits as part of a nonprofit healthcare network in Georgia.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and a customer-service mindset.
• Ability to follow instructions and maintain safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assists cook in preparing desserts or snacks for patients.
• Assists cook in preparation of meals.
• Carries trays to patients on halls.
• Cleans tables in the dining area after each meal.
• Helps with salads and desserts and other dishes.
• Assists with the pouring of juice, milk, water, and tea.
• Serves patients beverages, etc.
• Takes meals out to patients in dining area.
• Prepares between-meal nourishments (make sandwiches, etc.).
• Cleans work area at the end of shift and after meals, including sweeping and mopping.
• Removes garbage from kitchen areas and hoses out garbage containers.
• Complies with infection control policies in the work area.
• Scrapes dishes, washes dishes, pots and pans.
• Records freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures in accordance with established procedures.
• Checks stock as needed.
• Puts up stock in appropriate manner.
• Stores cleaning materials appropriately.
• Sets up tray line and performs tray line service.
• Follows diet orders and NPO diet orders.
• Offers menu substitutions and records them in accordance with procedural guidelines.
• Properly stores leftovers/opened food.
• Serves nourishments in accordance with procedural guidelines.
• Makes coffee/tea as requested.
• Follows procedures for serving associate meals.
• Cleans kitchen equipment such as, carts, tables, counters, ice machine, buckets, blender, mixer, meat slicer, freezer, refrigerator, stove, oven, steamer, garbage disposal, dish machine coffee/tea maker, steam table etc.
• Operates the dish machine, garbage disposal, mixer, blender, meat slicer and steamer.
• Operates coffee and tea maker.
• Follows standardized recipes.
• Uses serving equipment (ladle, spoon, scoops, etc.).
• Checks and records water temperature (dishwasher, pot and pan sink, etc.)
• Checks dishwasher with sanitizer strips.
• Checks chemical levels and replaces if needed.
• Promotes the image and reputation of the System by exhibiting servant leadership and providing direct and open lines of communication.
• Contributes to the work of committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts of the System.
• Performs other duties as necessary to ensure the success of the System.

Skills

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Northridge Health and Rehabilitation in Georgia is seeking a dietary assistant to support kitchen staff with meal preparation, tray delivery, and dining room service. You will assist with desserts, salads, and nourishments while following diet orders and infection control guidelines.

The role involves cleaning duties, food handling, and operating kitchen equipment, with weekly pay and benefits as part of a nonprofit healthcare network in Georgia.