Lead Dietary Aide

Prestige Care - Riverwood Senior Living; Tualatin (OR); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Prestige Care - Riverwood is seeking a Lead Dietary Aide to enhance the dining experience for seniors. This role involves meal preparation, serving, and managing dietary staff. Join a collaborative environment that values commitment and integrity while making a difference in residents' lives.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefit package

Opportunities for career advancement

Qualifications

• Food Handler Permit is required by the State.
• Dining experience preferred.
• Leadership or mentorship experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food preparation and service.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation in the kitchen and dining area.
• Support staffing and training of Dietary Aides.

Skills

Reliability

Friendliness

Passion for seniors

Education

Some High School education

Job description

We are looking for an amazing person to lead our Dietary team to greatness!

17.50-$21.25 DOE

If you are reliable, friendly and have a passion for seniors, we want to meet you!

Located at 18321 SW Pacific Highway in Tualatin, OR, PrestigeSenior Living - Riverwood has 60 apartments of all assisted living care.

Riverwood is a clean, vibrant community of healthcareproviders and residents. We offer a highly impactful work environment where youcan collaborate with other team members to offer the best in care for ourresidents. If getting to know those you serve is important to you, you get thatin spades with us! We offer a strong promote-from-within culture, a home-like workenvironment, a robust and comprehensive medical / dental / vision / EAP benefitspackage, lots of different career options, and more.

If working in a home-like setting, with a strong teamatmosphere, and with a national award-winning employer that has a greatpromote-from-within culture, then Riverwood is the place for you.

Prestige Care is a family of over 75 skilled nursing +post-acute care centers, as well as assisted living and memory care communitiesin 8 Western states. We are an organization of over 5,000 team members whoserve thousands of residents, where we have the privilege of personallytouching their lives every day.

We have four core values of integrity, trust, commitment,and respect that guide everything that we do. With a strong commitment tocareer development and advancement, Prestige Care is a employer that can helpyou achieve your career goals and objectives. With a healthcare career atPrestige Care, you will enjoy a collaborative, team-oriented environment whereyour work truly matters at the end of every day.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Lead Dietary Aide assists with food preparation, food service, and general duties of the dietary department. In addition, the Lead Dietary Aide supports the Dining Services manager with the overall dining experience and staffing and training of Dietary Aides.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists in the preparation of food and is responsible for serving meals, snacks, and beverages using portion control and applicable sanitation practices
• Responsible for delivering meals to resident rooms or tables and setting up meal trays in accordance with dietary orders and tray cards. Ensures residents are served proper diet and food preferences in a timely manner
• Keeps the kitchen, dietary equipment, and dining room clean and sanitary at all times, including work areas and floors
• Cleans utensils, dishes, and pots and pans by operating the dishwasher or proper handwashing processes. Ensures dishwasher is working properly and at the appropriate temperature. Records temperature of dishwasher. Properly stores pots, dishes, and utensils
• Ensures proper storage, rotation, preparation, and labeling of food in accordance with State and local guidelines and Prestige policy. Discards outdated food
• Partners with dietary staff to ensure equipment is working properly and at the appropriate temperature. Records temperature of equipment throughout shift as needed. Reports faulty equipment immediately
• Follows facility fire safety, infection control, and hazardous chemical practices and promptly reports any unsafe conditions
• Greets residents, visitors, and staff courteously and in a manner that respects dignity, meets confidentiality standards, and promotes resident and staff rights
• Resets the dining room for the next meal and ensures supplies are available for upcoming meals
• Assists in storing incoming food and supplies as assigned
• Attends and participates in training, in-services, and staff meetings
• Partners with leadership team in planning and preparing for special meals, events, and parties as needed
• Assists with the interviewing, scheduling, onboarding, and development of Dietary Aides
• Collaborates with DSM to create and maintain Dietary Aide schedule that accommodates requested days off, vacations and sick time while maintaining appropriate staffing levels to properly serve the needs of the residents
• Provides on-call support for team member questions and staffing coordination
• Ensures dining experience of residents meets Prestige best practices. Escalates resident feedback or concerns to DSM or leadership team timely and appropriately
• Performs other duties as assigned

COMPANY WIDE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates Core Values of Respect, Integrity, Commitment, and Trust
• Supports a dignified and caring atmosphere with residents, residents' families, visitors, and staff
• Protects privacy and confidentiality of information pertaining to residents, team members, the department / center / community, and company information and records
• Maintains a safe and secure working environment and practices safe working habits

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Must have Food Handler Permit as required by the State. Dining experience and leadership or mentorship experience preferred.

EDUCATION

Some High School education preferred.

EOE / M / F / VETS / DISABLED - At Prestige, it is our promise to personally touch lives every day. It is a philosophy of caring based on our core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at the center of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and how we celebrate what makes us different.

Prestige is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.