What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dietary Aide - Full-Time position at Pomperaug Woods?
Are you passionate about delivering high quality service?
Do you love working with the elderly community?
The Dietary Aide at Pomperaug Woods is responsible for preparing and serving meals to health center residents in accordance with posted therapeutic diet menus.
No experience necessary and will train the right candidate.
Essential Job Duties :
- Prepares therapeutic desserts and salads as required.
- Serves meals in the health center.
- Sets up tables in the health center dining room and breaks down same after meal. Sets up tables after meals for next meal time.
- Transports hot and cold foods to and from the health center.
- Transports all required non food items to and from the health center.
- Obtains food and supplies necessary to stock the health center dining areas. Maintains storage of these items as per department standards.
Other Duties :
- Maintains station equipment and work area in safe and sanitary condition.
- Maintains acceptable standards of personal hygiene and complies with department dress code.
- Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned. Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
QUALIFICATIONS :
- Ability to understand and follow instructions in English, communicate effectively, and perform simple arithmetic. Ability to understand measurements and conversions.
- Previous experience in nursing home food service preferred.
- Ability to plan and organize work, set up trays and plates in accordance with diet orders and interpret specifications and standards.
- Ability to work in close cooperation with residents, guests, visitors, families, supervisor and peers. Requires empathy for the elderly. Must read, write and speak English fluently
PRINCIPLE DUTIES:
Pomperaug Woods fully embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, we include the following hospitality promises in all of our job descriptions.
We greet residents, employees and guests warmly, by name and with a smile.
We treat everyone with courteous respect.
We strive to anticipate resident, employee and guest needs and act accordingly.
We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner.
We hold ourselves and one another accountable.
We embrace and value our differences
We make residents, employees and guests feel important.
We ask, “Is there anything else I can do for you?”
We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times.
We pay attention to details.