Dietary Aide

Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation; Morganton (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation is seeking a part-time aide to join our team of healthcare professionals in Morganton, NC. The role focuses on assisting with meal preparation and service, ensuring meals meet texture-modified and therapeutic dietary requirements, and supporting the dietary team.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, professional, and a team player who can follow schedules, maintain a neat kitchen, and interact positively with residents, families, and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare food service preferred.
• Knowledge of texture modified and therapeutic diets is a plus.
• Able to follow recipes, menus and dietary orders.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve food according to the facility menu and dietary orders.
• Follow current standards, guidelines and regulations for food service.
• Be a team player and assist dietary aides as needed.
• Maintain a neat, clean, and organized kitchen.
• Interact positively with residents, families, vendors, and staff.

Skills

Food service

Nutrition knowledge

Teamwork

Time management

Job description

Grace Heights Health & Rehabilitation -

Grace Heights Health and Rehabilitation is currently seeking a part-time aide to join our team of healthcare professionals.

• Responsibilities include:

  • Prepare and serve food including texture modified and therapeutic diets according to the facility menu and nutritional orders.
  • Prepare food in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations and our policies and procedures, and, as directed by the Certified Dietary Manager to ensure that quality food service is provided.
  • Be detail-oriented, professional, and a team player who works well with others.
  • Assist dietary aides as necessary and direct other employees with approval and in the absence of the Certified Dietary Manager.
  • Be able to follow time schedules for meal preparation and serving.
  • Maintain a neat, clean, and organized kitchen.
  • Have a general knowledge and understanding of nutrition.
  • Be able to read and accurately apply requirements of food tray cards.
  • Have knowledge of quantity food production and serving techniques, and food safety/sanitation requirements.
  • Interact positively with residents, families, vendors, staff, and other personnel.
  • Prior cooking experience in a healthcare facility is preferred.