Dietary Aide - PRN

Universal Health Services; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Universal Health Services is seeking a PRN Dietary Aide to join our team in Winston-Salem, NC. The role includes transporting and serving meals, cleaning duties, and ensuring compliance with Health Department regulations.

The ideal candidate should have a friendly, outgoing attitude, be service-oriented, and demonstrate effective communication skills. A ServSafe Certification is required or must be obtained within 90 days of employment.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Healthcare Dietary Services helpful, but not required.
• Must be at least 21 years of age and have an active NC Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Transport and serve meals to facility patients and staff.
• Perform general cleaning duties to maintain a safe and healthy kitchen.
• Assist with unloading food delivery and storage in proper location.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

ServSafe Certification

Job description

Responsibilities

At Old Vineyard Behavioral Health Services, we are helping to create brighter, healthier futures for our patients and their families. We are the Piedmont Triad's only private psychiatric hospital meeting the chemical dependency illnesses and behavioral healthcare needs of those in our community.

Our 164-bed inpatient services for adolescents through senior adulthood offers comprehensive and individual assessments, psychiatric evaluation and medication stabilization, daily group therapy and personalized aftercare planning. We also offer a Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program to ensure the continuum of care for our patients. Old Vineyard is accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. We are passionate about our work and are looking for individuals who share in this passion.

Dietary Aide - PRN / Flexible availability to cover various shifts (6am - 2:30pm, 11am - 7:30pm, and 4pm - 7:30pm) including weekend rotations

We are currently seeking a PRN Dietary Aide to join our talented and caring team. Our ideal candidate will possess the ability to work in a diverse environment with focus on patient and customer service, building and maintaining positive working relationships with all hospital staff and demonstrating professional, effective communication skills. The preferred candidate will have a proven background of success in the healthcare industry in both service and kitchen environments.

The Dietary Aide is responsible for:

• Transporting and serving meals to facility patients and staff.
• Washing dishes, trays and other cooking utensils. Performing general cleaning duties (sweeping, mopping, trash removal, cleaning of drink machines, cooking equipment, etc.) to maintain a safe and healthy kitchen and food service area as well as to remain in compliance with Health Department regulations.
• Role is physically demanding and position requires assisting with the unloading of food delivery and storage in proper location.
• Individuals considered for this position must have a friendly and outgoing attitude, must be service-oriented and willing to go beyond the general expectations to please the customer and have a positive team approach to accomplishing tasks.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to demonstrate competency in the criteria listed in this job description. The specifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability to meet the minimum requirements for this position. Staff must demonstrate flexibility for reassignment to units providing care to varied populations including male and female adolescents and adults, as well as dually diagnosed adults. In absence of these qualifications upon hire, must demonstrate ability to learn these concepts and develop these skills within reasonable time frame via the organization’s orientation and training program.

• Previous experience in Healthcare Dietary Services helpful, but not required
• ServSafe Certification required, or willing to obtain within 90-days of employment
• Background Check and Drug Screen required for employment
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Must have active NC Driver's License free of major infractions - DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS POSITION IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ACTIVE NORTH CAROLINA DRIVER'S LICENSE

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.