Dietary Aide

Westerwood; Columbus, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k with company match

DailyPay

Paid time off

Scholarship opportunities

Job summary

Westerwood is seeking a responsible Dietary Aide to join our dining services team. This full-time position runs 6:30am/7am-3pm and 11am-7pm, with availability required seven days a week.

You will assist with meal assembly and service across Rehabilitation, Assisted Living, and Memory Care, ensuring safety, portion control, and timely delivery. Experience is welcome but training is provided to energetic, service-minded individuals.

Qualifications

• Available to work weekends and holidays.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Effective interpersonal communication across all departments.
• Light physical duties including pushing, pulling, bending and lifting up to 25 lbs, occasional up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Assemble or serve meals to residents in the Rehabilitation Center, Assisted Living, and Memory Care units.
• Monitor food and equipment temperatures and maintain food safety practices.
• Serve breakfast from Main Kitchen tray line and deliver beverage carts.
• Plate hot meals from mobile steam tables and maintain clean, restocked units.
• Deliver cold foods and pre-plated meals to Memory Care residents; assist with clean-up.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Weekend availability

Job description

Westerwood is currently seeking a responsible and dependable Dietary Aide to work with our exceptional dining services team and community! This position is full-time 6:30am/7am-3pm and 11am-7pm. Candidate must have availability 7 days a week.

Job Duties

The Dietary Aide is responsible for assembling or serving meals to residents in our Rehabilitation Center, Assisted Living Apartments and Memory Care unit. Job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Understanding types of therapeutic beverages and meals along with the use of adaptive utensils or equipment for specialized care.

• Monitoring food and equipment temperatures; portion control and food safety practices.

• Breakfast service for all residents from our Main Kitchen tray line.

• Preparing and delivering beverage carts and plating hot meals from mobile steam tables and then breaking down the units.

• Delivering cold foods and pre-plated hot meals to our Memory Care residents and completing cleaning tasks afterwards.

• Providing meal service in the Friendship Inn dining room and clean up and restocking afterwards.

• Daily kitchen cleaning, sanitizing and restocking tasks.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates must be available to work weekends and holidays. The ability to comprehend and follow verbal and written instructions and effective interpersonal communication skills across all departments. Light physical duty includes pushing, pulling and bending. Candidates must be able to engage in frequent lifting of up to 25 pounds or less, and occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds. Candidates are mobile throughout their shift with established breaks and a lunch period. Experience is preferred but will train energetic and service-minded individuals.

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN THE WESTERWOOD TEAM?

• Competitive pay, pay for experience, and annual pay increases!

• Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, FREE life and disability insurance, flexible spending account, generous PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, DailyPay (pay on demand), 401k retirement with company match, and more!

• Scholarship opportunities and tuition assistance!

• Serving seniors for over 45 years!

• Named a Top Workplace by CEO Magazine for 10 consecutive years!

• Meaningful and rewarding employment!

• A work environment that is fun, friendly, supportive, and caring!

• Referral bonuses up to $1,000!

Westerwood is a friendlynonprofit organization serving a community of vibrant seniors. Our mission is to promote a lifelong journey of personal purpose, for those we serve, by creating a culture of independence, wellness and community.

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