Dietary Assistant

Continuum Healthcare Inc.; Powell (OH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare facility is seeking a part-time Dietary Aide to provide essential resident services, ensuring proper food handling and cleanliness. Responsibilities include serving meals, maintaining hygiene, and assisting with dishwashing. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication skills and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience providing quality resident services and assessing needs.
• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities and prioritize work.
• Knowledge of sanitary practices relating to food handling.
• Good communication and interaction with residents and families
• Identify and report problems and suggest fixes
• Dishwashing tasks performed regularly

Responsibilities

• Run dishes and silverware through the dish machine following procedures.
• Clean and maintain equipment and areas as designated by management.
• Serve meals to residents in dining areas according to portion control.
• Serve meals to residents in dining areas with appetizing appearance and portion control
• Complete daily cleaning duties including spills, unloading dishwasher, and trash disposal
• Participate in departmental cleaning and recycling program
• Dispose of food and waste per facility/state guidelines

Skills

Quality resident services

Ability to prioritize tasks

Sanitary food handling

Good communication skills

Problem identification and reporting

Job description

Dietary Aide

Part Time

Responsibilities of Dietary Aide:

• Run dishes and silverware through dish machine following proper procedures and provides excellent resident service within established guidelines
• Clean and maintain certain equipment and areas as designated by management
• Keep sufficient supply of china, silverware, trays, cups and glasses during service periods.
• Serves meals to residents in dining areas in accordance with established portion control procedures that are appetizing in appearance
• May be required to complete daily cleaning assignments that include but are not limited to cleaning up spilled food, drinks and broken dishes, unloading dishwasher and removing empty bottles and disposing of trash
• Participates in the departmental cleaning and recycling program
• Disposes of food and waste in accordance with facility / state guidelines

Requirements of Dietary Aide:

• Experience providing quality resident services including needs assessment, meeting quality standards, and evaluation of resident’s satisfaction
• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously, has ability to prioritize work and resolve emergencies as they may occur
• Working knowledge of sanitary practices relating to food handling
• Good communication skills and ability to effectively interact with others (residents and families)
• Ability to identify and report problems associated with the daily work routine and provide suggestions for correction of those problems
• Must perform dishwashing tasks