Dietary Aide HCC

Assists with food preparation, follows diet orders, and maintains kitchen cleanliness and organization. Communicates well with patients/residents/clients and family members.

Requirements

• Follows diet orders and NPO diet orders
• Assists cook in preparing meals, desserts, and snacks
• Uses proper food handling processes, procedures, and policies
• Delivers trays to patients/residents on halls
• Delivers and serves meals to patients/residents in dining area
• Prepares between-meal nourishments and serves in accordance with procedural guidelines
• Offers menu substitutions and records them in accordance with procedural guidelines
• Follows procedures for serving partner meals
• Communicates well with patients/residents/clients and family members
• Cleans tables in the dining area after each meal
• Cleans work area at the end of shift and after meals
• Removes garbage from kitchen areas and hoses out garbage containers
• Complies with infection control policies in the work area
• Scrapes dishes, washes dishes, pots, and pans
• Records freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures
• Checks stock as needed and stores in an appropriate manner
• Stores cleaning material appropriately
• Sets up tray line and performs tray line service
• Properly stores leftovers/ opened food
• Makes coffee/ tea as requested
• Cleans kitchen equipment such as, carts, tables, counters, ice machine, buckets, blender, mixer, meat slicer, freezer, refrigerator, stove, steamer, garbage disposal, dish machine coffee/ tea maker, steam table, etc.
• Operates the coffee & tea maker, dish machine, garbage disposal, mixer, blender, meat slicer, and steamer
• Follows standardized recipes
• Uses serving equipment (ladle, spoon, scoops, etc.)
• Checks and records water temperature (dishwasher, pat and pan sink, etc.)
• Checks dishwasher with sanitizer strips
• Checks chemical levels and replaces if needed
• Participates in center/agency surveys and reports
• Attends and participates in continuing educational programs
• Attends and participates in mandatory in-services
• Honors patients/residents' rights
• Complies with corporate compliance program
• Reports job-related functions/tasks that involve occupational hazards
• Follows established safety regulations and procedures