Dietary Aide

Mclaren-Health-Care; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is seeking a Dietary Aide to assemble and serve meals, maintain a clean work area, and support patient nourishment needs. You will handle patient trays, assist with special function setups, record dietary information, and ensure accuracy and safety in food handling and sanitation.

This full-time role follows a 5:00am–10:00pm schedule with opportunities for performance improvement and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Requires a valid Michigan driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Sets up, organizes, cleans and maintains work area.
• Assembles, serves, and delivers meals; sets up items for special functions and fills requisitions.
• Performs clean-up duties after meals and special functions; picks up patient trays.
• Inspects trays, food carts and items for special functions, for accuracy.
• Portions food according to established standards.
• Prepares side dishes, sort-order items, nourishment's, cold plates, and beverages.
• Maintains patient/dietary records and reports.
• Cleans and sanitizes utensils and equipment.
• Performs mathematical calculations for items such as, but not limited to, tube feedings, diets, and recipes.
• Maintains an accurate accounting of cash and prices.
• Answers telephone; gives limited information; takes and relays messages.
• Performs dietary functions of the Patient Information System.
• Responsible for using and cleaning equipment safely and correctly.
• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Skills

Valid Michigan driver's license

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan's largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Assembles and serves meals. Cleans and sanitizes utensils and equipment.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Sets up, organizes, cleans and maintains work area.

2. Assembles, serves, and delivers meals; sets up items for special functions and fills requisitions.

3. Performs clean-up duties after meals and special functions; picks up patient trays.

4. Inspects trays, food carts and items for special functions, for accuracy.

5. Portions food according to established standards.

6. Prepares side dishes, sort-order items, nourishment's, cold plates, and beverages.

7. Maintains patient/dietary records and reports.

8. Cleans and sanitizes utensils and equipment.

9. Performs mathematical calculations for items such as, but not limited to, tube feedings, diets, and recipes.

10. Maintains an accurate accounting of cash and prices.

11. Answers telephone; gives limited information; takes and relays messages.

12. Performs dietary functions of the Patient Information System.

13. Responsible for using and cleaning equipment safely and correctly.

14. Participates in performance improvement activities.

15. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Valid Michigan drivers license, and a driver's record approved by the Medical Center's insurance agent for those employees who drive a vehicle as a requirement for the job (If Applicable)

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

We are committed to encouraging and sustaining a work environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation. We are an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's race, color, age, religion, sex/pregnancy (including pregnancy/childbirth or pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws. We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26003564
• Daily Work Times: 5:00am - 10:00pm
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.