Dietary Aide / Full Time /Variable Shifts

Wood County Hospital; Bowling Green (OH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision plans

Competitive wages

Prescription drug coverage

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance w/AD&D

Disability plans

Employer-matched 403(b)

Pension plan

Vacation and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Wood County Hospital in Bowling Green, OH, is seeking a Dietary Aide for a full-time, onsite role with variable shifts. You will assist in meal prep, assembly, delivery, and sanitation to support patient care and safety.

Collaborating with dietary and clinical staff, you ensure meals are accurate, timely, and safely prepared while maintaining a clean food-service environment and strict infection control practices.

Qualifications

• One year of food handling experience in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to work effectively independently or as part of a team.
• Knowledge of infection control and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and deliver meal trays to patients and return trays to clean areas.
• Prepare and serve between meal nourishments.
• Operate dishwashing machines or hand-wash items as needed.
• Clean and sanitize work areas following infection control and safety practices.
• Handle food safely and follow approved food-handling methods.
• Work hours per offer letter; may extend when required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Food handling

Teamwork

Infection control

Safety practices

Tools

Dishwashing machines

Job description

Elevate your career at Wood County Hospital, where you're not just a number – you're a vital part of a team making a real difference.

Dietary Aide / Full Time /Variable Shifts

The Dietary Aide supports the hospital’s mission by assisting in the preparation, assembly, delivery, and sanitation of patient meals in accordance with prescribed diets, food safety standards, and infection control practices. This role contributes to patient care and recovery by ensuring meals are accurate, timely, and safely prepared while maintaining a clean and efficient food service environment. The Dietary Aide works collaboratively with dietary and clinical staff, treats patients and families with respect and dignity, and performs assigned duties in a manner that promotes patient safety and reduces the risk of healthcare errors. Dietary Aide is an onsite position.

Essential Functions

• Assembles prepared foods for regular and modified diets; safely delivers meal trays to patients or serving areas and returns trays to designated clean-up areas.


• Prepares and serves between meal nourishments.


• Demonstrates the ability to work effectively independently, or as part of a team, on a tray line in the main kitchen or cashier/steam table in the cafeteria, while maintaining efficient workflow.


• Operates dishwashing machines or hand-washes non-machine-washable items; loads, unloads, and handles food-service equipment properly.


• Cleans and sanitizes work areas, tables, cabinets, dishes, and utensils; consistently follows infection control and safety practices.


• Washes, cleans, peels, dices, shreds food products using appropriate kitchen utensils and safe food-handling methods.


• Prepare, prevent, protect and respond to support our culture of safety.


• Works hours per week in accordance with offer letter or per attributes of position at transfer request. May be expected to work longer hours as necessary.


• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Experience

Experience: One (1) year food handling in a healthcare setting

Benefit Summary

Join our team, and you’ll have access to a cutting-edge facility with state of the art technology. You’ll also interact with some of the region's top notch healthcare professionals. You’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow and advance your career.

We’ll Also Reward Your Hard Work With

• Great health, dental and vision plans


• Competitive wages


• Prescription drug coverage


• Flexible spending accounts


• Life insurance w/AD&D


• Generous short term and long term disability plans


• Employer-matched 403(b)


• Employer sponsored cash balance pension plan


• Vacation and Holiday time


• Generous tuition reimbursement


• And a lot more!