Dietary Aide

PRN 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday The Dietary Aide assists the Nutritional Services Cook in preparing and serving meals to hospital patients, guests and staff. Includes preparing patient trays, washing dishes, general cleaning and maintaining the nutritional services department. Maintains a “customer friendly” environment by treating all individuals with dignity, respect and concern for their wellbeing while carrying out assigned tasks.

Functions as a team member with other employees both intradepartmental and interdepartmentally in order to meet the individual needs and expectations of each customer/family served. Essential Job Duties Meal preparation and serving May assist in preparing meals, snacks and nourishment as assigned by cook. Sets up trays for patients assuring appropriate service equipment, condiments, food portions and accurate food items are used/served.

Disassembles trays, washes dishes and puts clean items away. Cleans all work surfaces including work areas, cabinets, and equipment. Follows “clean as you go” policy, cleaning up spills, and maintaining safe working conditions for self and others. May pre-prep food items for next meal or next day if directed, pulling items from freezer as needed.

Follows proper procedure for disposal of trash and garbage. Completes cleaning duties assigned including wiping services, sweeping or mopping floors and other general cleaning duties. Restocks supplies including napkins, meal containers, plastic utensils and condiments. Monitors, cleans and maintains equipment. Reports any malfunction to supervisor or HCH maintenance personnel.

Responds to patient or staff requests for nutritional service in professional manner. Attends in-service education meetings regularly as assigned. May perform other similar duties as assigned/needed. Skills & Abilities Experience Previous experience preferred but not required. Language Skills Must be capable of communicating clearly (reading, writing, and speaking) in the English Language.

Must be capable of reading and comprehending written policies/procedures and operation/maintenance instructions. Must have the ability to receive and relay phone or other business messages. Equipment Must be able to operate computer, telephone and other department specific equipment required to perform duties of position.

Physical The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, talk, hear, use hands, reach, walk, bend, kneel, crouch/squat, twist, maintain balance, grasp and use keyboard.

Vision: specific abilities for this position include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, color vision, seeing fine details. Hearing: specific abilities required for this position include hearing normal speech, hearing overhead pages, telephone use, verbal communication in the English language.

Required Lifting: 10 lbs. consistently, 20 lbs. frequently, up to 50 lbs. occasionally.