DIETARY AIDE

Bargaining Unit : EA

Rate of Pay : $22.23 / hour + DOE

Summary :

The Dietary Aide performs a variety of tasks in the preparation, presentation and service of food. Maintains department cleanliness.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Determines quantities of food items necessary for the meals.
• Ability to identify high quality food through tasting, attractively and creatively portioning and garnishing food; including pureed and special diet food.
• Stores and stocks food supplies in designated areas.
• Washes and stores dishes, pots, pans, and utensils.
• Maintains department cleanliness by accomplishing daily cleaning assignments.
• Prepares food such as salads, beverages, sandwiches, and pureed food.
• Assembles patient trays.
• Pushes loaded food carts to each patient area.
• Delivers patient trays to the patients.
• Has strong customer service skills.
• Able to work independently and with little or no daily supervision.
• Ability to use kitchen equipment (sharps, meat slicer).
• Demonstrates System Values in performance and behavior.
• Complies with System policies and procedures.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities :

No supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience :

Certificate from college or technical school; or six months to one year of related experience.

Licenses, Certifications :

Serve Safe Food Handlers Certificate - Within 3 months of hire into job

Other Experience / Qualifications

Experience in quality food production.

Computer / Business Skills

Ability to use office machines. Demonstrated ability to use word processing and other Microsoft Office programs.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.

Purpose of Contacts

Purpose is to obtain, clarify, or give facts or information regardless of the nature of those facts, i.e., the facts or information may range from easily understood to highly technical.

Reasoning Skills

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations