Dietary Aide — Friendly Meal Service & Kitchen Support

Personal Healthcare Management LLC; City of Utica (NY); On-site; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Personal Healthcare Management LLC seeks a dietary aide to support meal preparation and service in a long-term care setting. You will follow recipes, diet orders, and work assignments under the guidance of the Dietary Supervisor while meeting scheduled meal times.

On-site duties include setting dining rooms, serving meals, stocking pantry items, cleaning per schedules, and attending in-service programs. Reliability and ability to handle repetitive tasks with interruptions are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in dietary service preferred.
• Ability to read and understand recipe directions, diet orders, tallies and work assignments.
• Willingness to perform routine, repetitive tasks with frequent interruptions.

Responsibilities

• Perform defined work using dietary utensils, supplies and equipment as assigned by the Dietary Supervisor.
• Meet scheduled meal and snack times.
• Provide assistance to the cook in the preparation and service of meals.
• Follow Federal, State and local long term care regulations and Dietary Department policies and procedures.
• Follow cleaning schedules and perform cleaning duties as scheduled.
• Set dining rooms for resident service.
• Serve meals.
• Stock pantry and cupboards with dishware and food items as per par levels.
• Attend in-service educational programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Dietary Supervisor.

Skills

Dietary service experience

Read/interpret recipes and diet orders

Job description

Personal Healthcare Management LLC seeks a dietary aide to support meal preparation and service in a long-term care setting. You will follow recipes, diet orders, and work assignments under the guidance of the Dietary Supervisor while meeting scheduled meal times.

On-site duties include setting dining rooms, serving meals, stocking pantry items, cleaning per schedules, and attending in-service programs. Reliability and ability to handle repetitive tasks with interruptions are essential.