Dietary Aide / PRN

OPCO Skilled Management; Sulphur Springs (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Sunny Springs Nursing Center is seeking a PRN food service helper to support meal preparation, service, and cleanup for patients and staff. You will assist cooks, label nourishments, portion desserts and beverages, and follow established production sheets.

Responsibilities extend to sanitation tasks, dishwashing, trash removal, and maintaining clean work areas. Read directions carefully and use available guidelines to ensure quality and safety in a fast-paced kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand directions required.
• Food Handlers certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists cook as directed by the food service director.
• Prepares and labels nourishments according to center procedures.
• Prepares and portions desserts, salads and other non-entre foods into dishes; pours beverages.
• Follows production sheets and pre-preparation sheets or guidelines when appropriate.
• Sweeps and mops kitchen floors as assigned.
• Takes trash to the dumpster.
• Washes dishes and silverware according to dishwashing procedure.
• Puts clean dishes and silverware away.
• Maintains clean, neat, and orderly work areas.
• Assists with cleaning of equipment, dishes, silverware and kitchen as assigned.
• Washes pots and pans if assigned.
• Does cleaning assignments.

Skills

Reading directions

Food handlers certification

Job description

Job Type: PRN

Objective

Performs a variety of tasks usually not requiring cooking skills in the preparation, service, and clean up for meals served to patients and staff in the nursing center and other special events.

Food Preparation/Production Responsibilities

• Assists cook as directed by the food service director
• Prepares and labels nourishments according to center procedures
• Prepares and portions desserts, salads and other non-entre foods into dishes; pours beverages
• Follows production sheets and pre-preparation sheets or guidelines when appropriate

Sanitation Responsibilities

• Sweeps and mops kitchen floors as assigned
• Takes trash to the dumpster
• Washes dishes and silverware according to dishwashing procedure.
• Puts clean dishes and silverware away
• Maintains clean, neat, and orderly work areas
• Assists with cleaning of equipment, dishes, silverware and kitchen as assigned
• Washes pots and pans if assigned
• Does cleaning assignments
• Sweeps and mops kitchen floors when assigned
• Takes trash to dumpster if assigned

Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand directions required
• Food Handlers certification preferred

Sunny Springs Nursing Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.