Dietary Aide (Dining Services II) - Rifle

State of Colorado; Colorado; On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated individuals to join their team at a renowned veterans community living center. This role involves assisting in food preparation, maintaining kitchen hygiene, and ensuring a pleasant dining experience for residents. With a focus on compassion and quality care, you will play a vital role in serving those who have served our country. Join a team that values teamwork, flexibility, and a supportive work environment, while also benefiting from strong retirement plans and health benefits. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Strong retirement benefits

Medical and dental health plans

Paid life insurance

Short- and long-term disability coverage

11 paid holidays per year

Employee discount program

Employee Wellness program

Flexible schedules

Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

Qualifications

• Six months of experience in food service or related field.
• Food safety certification can substitute for experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist cooks in meal preparation and serving.
• Maintain kitchen cleanliness and sanitation standards.
• Stock and organize food supplies and storage areas.

Skills

Food Safety Knowledge

Cooking Skills

Sanitation Procedures

Interpersonal Skills

Basic Mathematics

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Kitchen Utensils

Food Scales

Job description

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

This position is paid bi-weekly.

Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services
CO State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle

The Colorado State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle is located on Colorado's western slope in the scenic Colorado River valley. Rifle offers a mild climate, with plenty of clean mountain air and beautiful blue skies. Amidst this setting, the State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle provides 89 beds of skilled nursing care, including an 18-bed Special Care Unit for residents with Alzheimer's Disease or related conditions. Serving veterans, their spouse and eligible "Gold Star" parents, we are committed to caring for the whole person by addressing the personal and social needs of each resident, as well as their physical and medical requirements. All staff members of Rifle are committed to providing a life of quality and dignity for every resident. At the Colorado State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle, our staff is known for showing love and compassion to our residents. Giving residents a hug, holding their hand or sitting next to them on the arm of a chair are just a few of the ways we give care that comes from the heart.

Shift Information: The shifts for this position will vary on a daily basis, depending on the station that the employee is assigned to for the day.

Please note: These working arrangements are subject to change.

This position assists and supports the cooks in providing and performing cooking services (meals and specialty requests) that meet the needs and requests of the residents in the nursing home. This position also assists in maintaining a safe and sanitary kitchen, dining rooms and storage areas.

Job Duties:

• Serves meals, takes orders, cooks to order food, dishes up desserts and salads, puts out condiments, fruit and necessary food items.
• Sets, clears, and sanitizes tables; washes dishes, silverware, pots and pans and puts them away; rolls silverware and sets up dining rooms.
• Acts as a production assistant with regards to food handling as a cook, or cook helper preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner meals and other related functions to ensure timely and nutritious meals for residents and staff, to be done before, during and after all resident meals daily.
• Fills dispensers and stocks refrigerators, cleans juice and coffee machines and fills with product, stocks resident refrigerator and pantry with food and supplies, takes supplement and beverages to nursing service for distribution.
• Maintains store room by stocking, inventory, cleaning, organizing food and non-foods items to ensure sufficient food supplies and sanitary storage conditions, following State, Federal and VA regulations; ensure that residents have food, beverages and supplements as needed.
• Cleans dining room, sweeps and mops floors, cleans steam table, throws away trash, cleans dish room and mops floor daily to ensure sanitation and infection control requirements are completed, wipes down tables and chairs; puts on clean tablecloths, complete cleaning duties as assigned to ensure sanitation and infection control requirements are met and completed to ensure a pleasant and comfortable dining experience for residents.
• Attends all mandatory and non-mandatory in-services for department and facility.
• Attends all mandatory training and refresher courses deemed mandatory to ensure employee is updated and knowledgeable in necessary skills and education needed for this position and completes all necessary paperwork to comply with state, federal and VA regulations.

Minimum Qualifications

Six months of experience in an occupational field related to the work.

Substitutions: CDPHE recognized food safety certification will substitute for experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in foodservice Certification of Servsafe Class.
• Working in a Hospital or Living Centers.

HIGHLY DESIRABLE COMPETENCIES:

• Knowledge of institutional food service procedures and practices.
• Knowledge of health requirements in the operation of a food service unit.
• Knowledge of health hazards in foodservice and the necessary precautionary measures.
• Knowledge of weights, measures, (e.g., food scales, measuring cups, and spoons), and food measurement techniques.
• Knowledge of techniques used in mixing food (e.g., gelatin, pancake batter, salad dressing, scrambled eggs, etc.).
• Knowledge of meat and vegetable preparation methods.
• Knowledge of cooking methods (e.g., frying, deep-fat frying, boiling, or baking).
• Knowledge of the use of kitchen utensils in serving or portioning meals.
• Knowledge of food safety related to handling and storing cooked foods, serving and storing temperatures, or reading food thermometers.
• Ability to read English at the level necessary for interpreting and understanding written recipes, menus, nourishment labels, diet slips, portioning sheets, and policies and procedures.
• Ability to understand and execute oral and written instructions.
• Ability to perform basic mathematics (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) as related to calculating or converting units of measure for determining proper amounts of food ingredients for mass food production.
• Ability to clean, cut, cube, grind, and tenderize meat.
• Ability to clean, peel, dice, grate, slice, and chop vegetables.
• Ability to measure food ingredients using food scales, measuring cups, or spoons.
• Ability to mix food items (e.g., gelatin, pancake batter, salad dressing, scrambled eggs, etc.).
• Ability to boil food items and operate a jacketed steam kettle in a safe and effective manner.
• Ability to fry food items and operate a grill or tilt grill in a safe and effective manner.
• Ability to bake food items and operate a gas, rotary, or convection oven in a safe and effective manner.
• Interpersonal skills, and teamwork skills.

Conditions of Employment:

• Must be willing to submit to a background check.
• Must be willing to test for Tuberculosis (TB) test.
• Essential services is required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergency services.
• Shift work required day and evening shifts, includes weekends, nights, and holidays.
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

• On or after October 31, 2021, each facility shall ensure all newly hired employees or support staff members are fully vaccinated at the time of hire or receive their first dose of a two-dose protocol, or a single-dose vaccination, prior to providing any care, treatment, or other services for the facility and/or its clients. Upon hire, new employees will havethree (3)business days to provide attestation to their status with proof of vaccination. Vaccinated employees must provide proof of first dose prior to providing care.

• Note: Fully Vaccinated means two (2) weeks after a second dose in a two-dose series of the COVID-19 vaccine, such as the Pfizer, Moderna or Novavax vaccine, or two (2) weeks after the single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine.

• Religious and medical exemptions and reasonable accommodation shall be addressed as required by law pursuant to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s vaccination guidance. If you would like to request a medical or religious exemption, please contact [e-mail]
  
  

Appeal Rights:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email ([e-mail]), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go tospb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at [phone]; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, atspb.colorado.govunder Rules.

How to Apply

The Assessment Process

For additional recruiting questions, please contact [e-mail]

About Us:

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of theColorado Department of Human Services(CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including aPERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Planwww.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans.

• Medical and dental health plans

• Employer supplementedHealth Savings Account

• Paid life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

• BenefitHub state employee discount program

• Employee Wellness program MotivateMe

• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

information, go tohttps://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs.

Our Values:

We believe in a people-first approach:To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.

Balance creates quality of life:We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable:We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters:We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical:We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together:We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations:CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at [e-mail] or call 1-800-929-0791.

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