Diet Aide

Personal Healthcare Management LLC; City of Utica (NY); On-site; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Personal Healthcare Management LLC seeks a dietary aide to support meal preparation and service in a long-term care setting. You will follow recipes, diet orders, and work assignments under the guidance of the Dietary Supervisor while meeting scheduled meal times.

On-site duties include setting dining rooms, serving meals, stocking pantry items, cleaning per schedules, and attending in-service programs. Reliability and ability to handle repetitive tasks with interruptions are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in dietary service preferred.
• Ability to read and understand recipe directions, diet orders, tallies and work assignments.
• Willingness to perform routine, repetitive tasks with frequent interruptions.

Responsibilities

• Perform defined work using dietary utensils, supplies and equipment as assigned by the Dietary Supervisor.
• Meet scheduled meal and snack times.
• Provide assistance to the cook in the preparation and service of meals.
• Follow Federal, State and local long term care regulations and Dietary Department policies and procedures.
• Follow cleaning schedules and perform cleaning duties as scheduled.
• Set dining rooms for resident service.
• Serve meals.
• Stock pantry and cupboards with dishware and food items as per par levels.
• Attend in-service educational programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Dietary Supervisor.

Skills

Dietary service experience

Read/interpret recipes and diet orders

Job description

New Hire Rate: ($16.25/hr)

Duties and Responsibilities:

May include all or part of the following but not limited to:

• Perform defined work using dietary utensils, supplies and equipment as assigned by the Dietary Supervisor.
• Meet scheduled meal and snack times.
• Provide assistance to the cook in the preparation and service of meals.
• Follow Federal, State and local long term care regulations and Dietary Department policies and procedures.
• Follow cleaning schedules and perform cleaning duties as scheduled.
• Set dining rooms for resident service.
• Serve meals.
• Stock pantry and cupboards with dishware and food items as per par levels.
• Attend in-service educational programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Dietary Supervisor.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Experience in dietary service is preferred.Ability to read and understand recipe directions, diet orders, tallies and work assignments.This position will show a willingness to perform routine, repetitive tasks with frequent interruptions.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. All pay rates and bonuses are paid and/ or awarded to employees based on the facilities policy and/ or the CBA, depending on the position.