Dietary Aide

Maplewood Manor; Elbow Lake (MN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Maplewood Manor in Minnesota is seeking a part-time cook to plan, prepare, cook and serve meals ensuring residents' nutritional needs are met. You will follow recipes and dietary guidelines, supervise fellow staff when needed, and participate in menu planning with residents and families.

The role requires Serve Safe certification or willingness to attend training; weekend and holiday coverage as scheduled. You will monitor food temperatures, maintain sanitation, and collaborate with the dietary

Qualifications

• Read and follow recipes, labels and policies and procedures.
• Ability to write.
• Ability to perform simple calculations and follow oral and written directions.
• Serve Safe certification or willingness to attend training at the soonest available time.
• Ability to lead and cooperate with management, staff and residents/families.
• Ability to direct or supervise fellow employees.
• Prior commercial cooking experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure nutritionally appropriate meals and menus are followed for residents.
• Involve residents/families in menu planning when possible.
• Participate in Resident Council meetings as warranted.
• Visit the dining room during meals to monitor service.
• Involve residents/families when creating menus and special meals.
• Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, and evaluating culinary service programs.
• Assist in administering department policies and directing staff to follow policies.
• Monitor food temperature during cooking and in the steam table; ensure leftovers are cooled properly.
• Interview residents/families in private settings as needed.
• Complete forms and reports for the Dietary Manager (audits, temps, groceries).
• Attend/participate in committees and implement changes recommended by the QA committee.
• Create a warm, welcoming atmosphere and maintain a calm environment throughout the facility.
• Prepare, cook, bake and serve food following guidelines and recipes.
• Observe meals and solicit resident feedback on meal quality and dining setting.
• Monitor sanitation and inventory incoming food supplies.

Skills

Recipe reading

Following procedures

Basic math

Serve Safe

Leadership

Supervision

Cooking experience

Job description

Job Summary

To plan, coordinate and complete the preparation, cooking and serving of the meals/snacks to ensure the nutritional needs of the residents are met.

Job Qualifications

• Ability to read and follow recipes, labels and policies and procedures.
• Ability to write
• Ability to make simple calculations and follow oral and written directions.
• Serve Safe certified (Or agreement to attend the training at the soonest available time)
• Ability to lead and willingness to cooperate with management, staff and residents/families
• Ability to direct or supervise fellow employees
• Prior commercial cooking experience is preferred

Hours of Work

Part-time, Hourly position. Works weekends and holidays as scheduled.

Duties

RESIDENTS:

• Assure that the nutritionally related needs of the resident are met/maintained on an individual basis (i.e. menus are being followed, diets are being served accordingly)
• Involve the resident/family in planning culinary service programs when possible
• Participate in Resident Council meetings as warranted
• Make supportive visits to residents to determine and monitor their likes and dislikes on an on-going basis. Visits the dining room during meal times.
• Involve the residents/families when creating menus and special meals

OPERATIONS

• Assist the dietary manager in the planning, developing, organizing, implementing, and evaluation of the culinary service programs of this facility
• Assist in the administering of department policies and procedures and directing fellow employees to follow and respect department and organization wide policy and procedures.
• Is responsible for the monitoring of food temperature at cooking, in the steam table, & cooling down of leftovers.
• Interview resident/families as necessary in a private setting
• Completing necessary forms, reports, etc., and submitting such to the Dietary Manager as required (i.e. audits, recorded temps, checking in of groceries)
• Serve on, participate in, and attend various committees of the facility as required, and as appointed by the Dietary Manager and/or Administrator
• Work with fellow departments and implement recommended changes as required.
• Attend and participate in the annual OSHA and CDC in-service training programs for hazard communication, TB management, and blood borne pathogens standard.
• Assist in collecting data for QA indicators
• Implement recommendations from the Quality Assurance Committee as they relate to the Quality Assurance program
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the facility
• Prepares, cooks, bakes and serves food following appropriate guidelines, menus, recipes and recommendations of the Dietary Manager.
• Wears name tag at all times
• Observe meals and interview residents to survey the meal process, food presentation, and dinning setting,
• Visits residents in dining room to promote better food service daily.
• Completes and monitors the food production and sanitation of the culinary department.
• Reports any problems with equipment, food, recipes, and chemicals used for cleaning to the Dietary Manger.
• Inventories incoming food supplies