Dietary Aide Job Description
Dietary aide
provides dining services to residents in a consistent, compassionate manner: Provides meal, snack, and drink service under the direction of the nurse and Dining Services staff, and in accordance with relevant policies and procedures, the PMSV philosophy of resident-directed care, and the individualized resident care plan.
Dietary Aide Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Has a thorough understanding of all regulations (local, state, and federal) which affect dietary including, but not limited to, patient care, sanitation, labor, fire, safety, and disaster and complies to these regulations
Prepares cold food items, including salads, sandwiches, platters, desserts, nourishments, snacks and special items as necessary
Must demonstrate qualities of being a self-starter and be able to make independent decisions when necessary
Uses good judgment in conserving supplies, preventing food waste, and conserving utilities
Assists in receiving and storing food and supplies to prevent waste and assure quality products
Responsible for scraping, stacking, washing, and sanitizing dishes, flatware, utensils, pots/pans, and for removing broken and chipped dishes and glassware from use
Properly transports and stores dishes, flatware, utensils, pots/pans, Responsible for having sufficient quantities of clean and sanitized dishes, flatware, utensils, pots/pans, to meet time schedule for meal preparation and service
Cleans and sanitizes the dish machine and dish room
Assists cook, if needed, in preparing and serving foods for all diets, including therapeutic diets, according to planned menus, using proper portions and special diet items
Sets up trays for service, sorts diet cards and/or selective menus
Dietary Aide Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Dietary Aide
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR
Education for Dietary Aide
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the dietary aide job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in Education, General Education, Associates, English, Nutrition, Healthcare, Science, Wildlife, Teaching, Graduate
Skills for Dietary Aide
Desired skills for dietary aide include:
Guidelines governing functions in the post-acute care facility
Practices and procedures the laws
Regulations
HACCP Guidelines
Menu items and can provide general description to the guests/residents
Nutrition/dietetics
Job and good decision making
Weights and measurements
Hospital food service operations
Approved sanitary methods and procedures for the care and use of dining room equipment
Desired experience for dietary aide includes:
Serves trays on tray line and checks trays for accuracy of diets, preferences, and quality before they are delivered
Busses tables in dining room
Cleans work areas after each meal.Operates dishwasher rinsing everything properly before placing it in the dishwasher
Works with minimal supervision.Attends in services, or reads written in services in a timely manner.Completes other duties as assigned
Sanitize carts after each use
Receive & store delivered food, paper, & supplies
Dietary Aide Examples
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Dietary Aide Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of dietary aide. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for dietary aide
- Sweeps and mops kitchen floors as assigned
- Takes trash to the dumpster
- Puts clean dishes and silverware away
- Maintains clean, neat, and orderly work areas
- Assists with answering phones and late tray set-up and delivery
- Assists the dishwasher in returning clean dishes, pots, and pans to preparation areas
- Knows and respects patient rights
- Reports complaints made by patients to supervisor
- Washes pots and pans if assigned
- Does cleaning assignments
Qualifications for dietary aide
- 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-entrée foods into dishes
- Follows production sheets and pre-preparation sheets or guidelines when appropriate
- Sweeps and mops kitchen floors when assigned
- Takes trash to dumpster if assigned
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Dietary Aide Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a dietary aide. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for dietary aide
- Setting up trays for the hospital patients following posted menus and menus requests from the patient room service program, taking into account individual likes and dislikes
- Serves desserts, salads or juices ahead of the patient meal and cafeteria noon meal service
- Prepares foods for snacks for patients to be served between the regular meal services
- Is responsible for collecting dirty dishes from the floors and cleaning dishes in the automatic dish washer, returning the clean dishes to the proper storage areas
- Responsible for the operation of the cafeteria noon meal service, sets up the cold foods in the refrigerated display case
- Responsible for the operation of the Cup of Joe Café, makes espresso coffee drinks, smoothies and other beverages per customer request serves food to the customers
- Demonstrates competence with the skills and techniques necessary to provide appropriate care to the age of the patients served in the Nutrition Service Area
- Uses proper hand washing procedures in the food preparation area
- Demonstrates familiarity with proper food handling to prevent cross contamination and food borne illnesses
- Takes temperatures of all meals prior to trayline and documents appropriately
Qualifications for dietary aide
- Serve regular and therapeutic food
- Set up serving line with cold foods, condiments, serving containers, dishes, silverware, according to the menus and as instructed
- Maintain a level of food and supplies adequate for the next meal and assist in inventorying and storing incoming foods and supplies
- Report hazardous conditions, equipment, accidents and incidents, as necessary
- Neat, clean and organized
- Simple mathematical calculations and basic nutrition knowledge
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Dietary Aide Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a dietary aide. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for dietary aide
- Perform food service duties inclusive of patient tray assembly, conforming exactly to the diet needs’ ordered
- Prepare cold food items, snacks and dessert items and nourishment for care center residents, patients, employees and visitors
- Assist the Dietary cooks in food preparation cooking various foods
- Prepare nutritious and appealing food items, adjusting recipes as needed to assure adequate amount of food is made available while minimizing waste
- Cleans all food contact areas and cooking utensils ascertaining cleanliness and proper sanitation relative to and in compliance with the HACCP standards
- Sweep and mop the work, dining, storage areas the coolers and freezers daily
- Use appropriate cleaning supplies in proper amounts according to Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and OSHA requirements
- Demonstrates proper method of cleaning equipment and work space according to established standards
- Ensures correct temperature of water for washing and sanitizing dishes/pots according to department standards and records temperatures on daily log charts
- Inventories and delivers bulk nourishments
Qualifications for dietary aide
- Requires lifting of loads up to 40 pounds
- Ability to push and pull food carts
- Potential for falls, burns and cuts
- Six month work history in food service or related business with direct customer contact to include waiter, banquet service, assembly, distribution, high volume counter service, cash handling, tray assembly, and modified diets
- Ability to apply verbal and written information to daily job activities
- Read and follow directions, recipies
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Dietary Aide Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a dietary aide. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for dietary aide
- Ability to read and write and speak in English
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., carry 25 lbs., and push/pull up 45 lbs
- Requires use of hands for mixing and preparing items
- Certification in food safety and sanitation or the ability to obtain within 90 days of date of hire
- Must be able to work flexible shifts during all hours of operation, 7 days per week, including weekends and holidays
- One year Hospital Food Service experience preferred
Qualifications for dietary aide
- Read a thermometer
- Ability to communicate in a one on one situation with customers and peers
- Ability to anticipate and respond to customer needs in a pro-active manner
- Pass competency test on diets at minimum of 80%
- Read a menu correctly, with correct punctuation
- Identify products as asked for with the correct product