Dietary Aide - Full Time

Dallas Behavioral; DeSoto (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is seeking a Dietary Aide to support quality meals and nutritional services for patients, staff, and guests. The role includes serving meals, maintaining cleanliness, reconciling deliveries, aiding the cook and dietary supervisor, and upholding ethics and service standards.

Minimum 2 years of dietary aide experience in a commercial environment, preferably healthcare, plus a High School diploma and a valid Food Handlers Certificate.

Qualifications

• Must maintain information with high confidentiality.
• Experience requirements include a minimum of 2 years as dietary aide in a commercial setting, preferably healthcare.
• Background check, drug screen, medical clearance and references required.

Responsibilities

• Serves meals to all cafeteria customers.
• Cleans work area as necessary or assigned.
• Accepts and reconciles deliveries and puts away stock.
• Assists the cook and dietary supervisor in food preparation.
• Participates in activities which enhance professional growth and development.
• Upholds the organization’s ethics and customer service standards.

Skills

Confidentiality

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Food Handlers Certificate

Job description

Dietary Aide

The Dietary Aide participates in the provision of quality meals and nutritional services to patients, staff, and guests.

Essential Duties:

• Serves meals to all cafeteria customers.
• Cleans work area as necessary or assigned.
• Accepts and reconciles deliveries and puts away stock.
• Assists the cook and dietary supervisor in food preparation.
• Participates in activities which enhance professional growth and development.
• Upholds the Organization's ethics and customer service standards.

• Education: High School degree or equivalent preferred
• Required Licenses: Valid Food Handlers Certificate

• Experience: Minimum of 2 years experience as dietary aid in a commercial environment, preferably in a healthcare setting.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Must have skills in maintaining information as highly confidential.

• Screening: Must successfully pass a background check, drug screen, physical and be able to provide positive employment references.
• Physical Demands: With or without reasonable accommodations, must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand for a sustained period of time, walk, pull, lift, raise and move objects from position to position (up to 50 lbs.), finger grasp; feel sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures; express or exchange ideas orally and potentially loudly, accurately, or quickly; visually detect, determine, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, assess; perceive the nature of sound with or without correction; perform repetitive motions of the wrist, hands, or fingers. Light work most of the time, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently; and occasionally medium work, that is exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the hospital.

If you are among the most competitive and qualified candidates for the job, you will be contacted directly by one of our hiring managers. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to individual inquiries regarding your application status. Good Luck & we hope to meet you soon!

Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

Full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, company paid disability, 401(k) and a generous amount of paid time off.