Dietary Aide

Vale-Healthcare-Center; San Pablo (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Vale-Healthcare-Center is seeking a dependable dietary aide to assist the Dietary Manager and Cook in preparing and serving meals to residents/patients.

You will assemble meal trays according to physicians' diet orders, deliver meals, help with basic food prep, and maintain clean, safe kitchen spaces in compliance with regulations. High school diploma preferred; training provided.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience in food service or healthcare diet orders is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assists in assembling meal trays per physicians' diet orders.
• Delivers meals and nourishments to designated facility locations.
• Assists in food preparation as directed.
• Performs ware washing and trash disposal.
• Maintains clean, safe food service spaces per policies and procedures.
• Safeguards residents' protected health information per law.

Skills

Food service

Nutrition support

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

SUMMARY

Assists the Dietary Manager and Cook in the preparation and service of food to residents / patients.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Assists in assembly of meal trays utilizing the planned menus of physicians’ diet orders.

Delivers meals and nourishments to designated facility locations.

Assists in the preparation of food items, as directed.

Completes ware washing and trash disposal.

Maintains food service equipment and work spaces in a clean and safe condition at all times per facility policies and procedures and applicable regulations.

ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

n/a

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENT

Working in institutional kitchen environment, employee may be required to sit, bend, stoop, see, talk and hear. May occasionally lift or move items of up to 50 pounds. Employee is occasionally exposed to blood or other body fluids, fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. In compliance with applicable law, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

• THER REQUIREMENTS

By his / her signature below, employee agrees to safeguard the privacy of residents’ protected health information from improper use and disclosure according to state and federal law.

Mariner Healthcare reserves the right to discontinue any bonus program at anytime.