Dietary Aide 24 Hours

Mount Auburn Hospital; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Auburn Hospital is seeking a Dietary Aide to support patient meals in a busy hospital kitchen. You will prepare and portion trays, coordinate with nursing units, and ensure timely delivery of meals and nourishments.

The role emphasizes accuracy, teamwork, and maintaining food safety standards. A successful candidate will read and follow instructions and work under the supervision of the lead diet aide and food services supervisor.

Qualifications

• Ability to read English and follow verbal and some written instructions.
• Read and write at level three as documented on Invest.

Responsibilities

• Pass menus to patients by name and room number.
• Portion food for tray line.
• Stock tray line stations with food supplies.
• Serve tray line station at mealtime.
• Prepare and deliver patient between-meal nourishments.
• Retrieve trays from patient care area.
• Deliver late trays to patients.
• Reset tray line for next meal.
• Scrapes dishes and loads dishes and trays into dishwasher.
• Assist in loading trays onto meal trucks.
• Works to improve total quality of the department.

Skills

Reading English

Instruction comprehension

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

DIETARY AIDE Job Description:

• Passes menus to appropriate patients according to name and room number, and presents a positive image to customer.
• Portions food for tray line.
• Stocks and restocks tray line stations with food supplies.
• Serves tray line station at mealtime.
• Assists in loading trays onto meal trucks.
• Prepares and delivers patient between-meal nourishments for Mount Auburn Hospital and necessary tube feedings.
• Inventories par stock for specific designated nursing units.
• Delivers late trays to patients.
• Retrieves trays from patient care area.
• Cleans and sanitizes assigned work area.
• Scrapes dishes and loads dishes and trays into dishwasher.
• Resets tray line for next meal.
• Works continuously to improve the total quality of the department and other departments within the institution.
• Works under direction of lead diet aide and food services supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Ability to read English and comprehend and follow verbal and some written instructions.
• Ability to read and write at level three as documented on "Invest," the hospital's Employee Learning Laboratory software.

Pay Range: $17.00 - $22.88 The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

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