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Dietary Aide/ Dietary /Per Diem

The Dietary Aide supports the hospital’s mission by assisting in the preparation, assembly, delivery, and sanitation of patient meals in accordance with prescribed diets, food safety standards, and infection control practices. This role contributes to patient care and recovery by ensuring meals are accurate, timely, and safely prepared while maintaining a clean and efficient food service environment. The Dietary Aide works collaboratively with dietary and clinical staff, treats patients and families with respect and dignity, and performs assigned duties in a manner that promotes patient safety and reduces the risk of healthcare errors. Dietary Aide is an onsite position.

Essential Functions

• Assembles prepared foods for regular and modified diets; safely delivers meal trays to patients or serving areas and returns trays to designated clean-up areas.
• Prepares and serves between meal nourishments.
• Demonstrates the ability to work effectively independently, or as part of a team, on a tray line in the main kitchen or cashier/steam table in the cafeteria, while maintaining efficient workflow.
• Operates dishwashing machines or hand-washes non-machine-washable items; loads, unloads, and handles food-service equipment properly.
• Cleans and sanitizes work areas, tables, cabinets, dishes, and utensils; consistently follows infection control and safety practices.
• Washes, cleans, peels, dices, shreds food products using appropriate kitchen utensils and safe food-handling methods.
• Prepare, prevent, protect and respond to support our culture of safety.
• Works hours per week in accordance with offer letter or per attributes of position at transfer request. May be expected to work longer hours as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education: None

License: None

Experience: None

Certification: None

Preferred

Education: None

License: None

Experience: One (1) year food handling in a healthcare setting

Certification: None

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

1.  In an 8 to 12-hour workday, employee stands/walks (hours at one time):

            [] 0-2               [] 2-4               [] 4-6               [X] 6-8            [] 9-12

2.  In an 8 to 12-hour workday, employees sit (hours at one time/hours during the day):

            [X] 0-2            [] 2-4               [] 4-6              [] 6-8               [] 9-12

3.  Employee lifts:

            [] up to 10#                 [] 10-20#                     [X] 20-50#                  [] over 50#

4.  Lifting as indicated in item 3 above is performed during the workday:

            [] occasionally             [] frequently                [X] continuously

5. Employee uses hands for repetitive:

            a. Simple grasping:                 [X] yes [] no

            b. Pushing/pulling                  [X] yes [] no

            c. Fine manipulation              [X] yes [] no

6.  Employee uses feet for repetitive movement in operating foot controls:

            [] yes               [X] no

7.  Employee must be able to:

            a. Bend                        [X] frequently             [] occasionally             [] not at all

            b. Squat                       [X] frequently             [] occasionally             [] not at all

            c. Kneel                       [X] frequently             [] occasionally             [] not at all

            d. Climb                      [] frequently                [X] occasionally         [] not at all