Dietary Aide

Hillcrest Healthcare; Corinth (TN); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Hillcrest Healthcare in Tennessee is seeking dedicated dietary staff to assist in food preparation and serving for residents in a long-term care setting.

The role emphasizes teamwork, hospitality for residents, and adherence to safety and dietary standards. Prior experience in hospital or skilled nursing dietary departments is preferred, with a focus on compassion and meticulous work habits.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication written and verbal.
• Able to follow instructions and dietary requirements.
• Strong organizational skills and patience with residents.

Responsibilities

• Assist in food preparation and serving; keep kitchen and dining areas clean and sanitary.
• Check trays for menu and diet preferences and accuracy.
• Set up trays and deliver meals to residents; assist on central tray service line.
• Maintain stock of food items and assist with inventorying and storing supplies.
• Attend in-service education programs to meet facility requirements.
• Protect residents' rights and confidentiality; follow safety and infection-control procedures.

Skills

Communication skills

Patience

Detail‑oriented

Multitasking

Job description

Our recruitment goal is to hire long-term care team members who focus on quality care and excellent employee relations.

It requires caring, dedicated employees to minister to the needs of this country's ever growing senior population. We empower our staff to fulfill this mission.

Hillcrest Healthcare employees embrace the concept of socialization for every resident and acknowledge that the healing process and long-term health stability relies on Whole Person Care.

Mission: Everyone Matters! Our mission is to respect, preserve the dignity, and celebrate the lives of those we serve.

Vision: Hillcrest Healthcare will lead the way in innovative approaches to delivering excellence in long-term care and will be the provider of choice.

Value Statement: We will serve with dedication, pride, humility, and integrity.

General Purpose:

Assist in food preparation and serving; maintain clean and sanitary conditions in the kitchen and dining areas under the supervision of the Dietary Manager or Cook.

Essential Job Functions

This facility expects their employees to promote an atmosphere of teamwork with other employees and hospitality and comfort for its residents. Therefore, the following list of duties is not all-inclusive:

Food Preparation, Serving and Cleaning

• Assist in the preparation and serving of meals and snacks.

• Assist in checking trays for menu and diet preferences and accuracy.

• Set up trays and deliver meals to residents.

• Set up serving line with cold foods, condiments, serving containers, dishes, silverware, etc. according to the menus and as instructed.

• Work on central tray service line, placing appropriate food on general and modified diet trays, as directed.

• Deliver loaded food carts to corridor and return unloaded carts to dish washing unit.

• Collect soiled trays and utensils from dining room tables and transport them to dish washing area.

• Wash dishes, clean equipment, wipe off dining room and worktables, clean utensils, pots and pans; mop floors in dietary, etc., as assigned.

• Clean and maintain kitchen and food preparation equipment as assigned.

• Wash, sanitize, and store trays, dishes and utensils.

Supply

• Stock and store food items as assigned.

• Maintain a level of food and supplies adequate for the next meal and assist in inventorying and storing incoming foods and supplies.

• Report hazardous conditions, equipment, accidents and incidents, as necessary.

Other duties

• Attend in-service education programs in order to meet facility educational requirements.

• Be familiar with Standard Precautions, Exposure Control Plan, Fire Drill & Evacuation Procedures and know how to use the information.

• Maintain confidentiality of resident and facility records/information.

• Protect residents from neglect, mistreatment, and abuse.

• Protect the personal property of the residents of the facility.

• Others as directed by the supervisor or administrator.

Minimum Qualifications.

• Experience in hospital or skilled nursing facility dietary department preferred.

• Organized and detailed in work performance.

• Good communication skills, including basic reading and writing, with excellent self-discipline and patience.

• Genuine caring for and interest in elderly and disabled people in a nursing facility.

• Comply with the Residents' Rights and Facility Policies and Procedures.

• Perform work tasks within the physical demand requirements as outlined below.

• Perform Essential Duties as outlined above.