What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dietary Aide Evergreen position at Optalis Healthcare?
EVERGREEN HEALTH & REHABILITATION (An Optalis Center)
Our Dietary Aides provide food service to our residents focusing the needs of each resident during meal times. Dietary Aides work with the Cooks and Dietary manager to make sure our residents nutrition needs are met.
Dietary Aide Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Assist in daily preparation and service of resident meals, including therapeutic and modified consistency diets.
- Ensure meals are appealing, appetizing and nutritionally sound.
- Work on tray line or in dining rooms serving meals to residents.
- Assists with food storage according to facility procedures and safe food handling guidelines.
- Maintain sanitation standards as defined by facility policy and procedure while in the prep areas of the kitchen as well as the dish room.
- Attend required staff in-services
- Cleans dishes, utensils and equipment according to sanitation standards.
- Other duties as assigned.
Dietary Aide Requirements:
- Ability to think and work independently and with direction, and communicate with staff members in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
- High School graduate or equivalent.
- Current identification.
- Excellent personal hygiene.
Experience:
- Prior experience in long term care is preferred.
- Prior experience in commercial restaurant is preferred