Dietary Aide - Full-time Days 6:00 am to 2:30 pm Tuesday - Saturday

The Dietary Aide delivers quality meals, snacks, and refreshments to patients in the Recovery Care Center.  This may include leaving the facility to obtain meals, groceries or supplies from any of our contracted vendors (including restaurants). The Dietary Aide will also be responsible for the cleaning and stocking of kitchen areas and assisting the immediate supervisor with tasks to support department operations.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

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

1. Prepare and deliver patient meals, snacks, and refreshments to patients in accordance with patient’s dietary requirements.
2. Apportions and places food servings on plates and trays according to menu.
3. Serves tray to patients in a friendly and positive manner.
4. Collects tray from patient rooms after patients finish.
5. Washes dishes and cleans work area.
6. Maintain inventory levels and order stock as needed

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

N/A

 

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job.  Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, COMPETENCIES, QUALIFICATIONS and EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

1.     High school diploma or equivalent

2.     Customer/Client Focus

3.     Ethical Conduct

4.     Flexibility

5.     Initiative

6.     Personal Effectiveness/Credibility

7.     Teamwork Orientation

8.     Must obtain Serv Safe Certification within one year of hire.

  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

1.     Will frequently be required to lift objects and patients that weigh more than 25 pounds.

2.     Very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day.

3.     While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to write, talk and hear.

4.     Dexterity: Frequent repetitive motion of hands/wrist involved.

5.     Will be working in a clean, well-lighted area.

6.     May be required to deal with unpleasant environmental situations resulting from patient care or patient activity.

7.     Hazards and Risks: Direct patient contact with possible exposure to communicable diseases, exposure to radiation, and CRT.

 

USPI’S EDGE™ (Every Day Giving Excellence)

 

USPI’S EDGE™ is the key to the differentiation of USPI as a customer-focused company.  The process of completing EDGE™ requirements establishes processes and measurements that are collected, assimilated, and shared throughout USPI.  All employees are involved with EDGE™.  The involvement can range from doing their jobs to taking on the role of gathering and/or entering data into the computer.  All employees shall at some time during their employment be required to participate in the EDGE™ program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996

 

Responsible for knowing the processes involved assuring the standards established by HIPAA, and ensuring they are followed including the practices and records relating to the use and disclosure of Protected Health Information. 

 

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE

 

Must be authorized to work in the United States.

 

 

AAP/EEO STATEMENT

 

Dunes Surgical Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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