DIETARY AIDE

Part Time - Various Shifts

LaurelWood Care Center is a 120-bed Skilled Nursing Center which includes a 20-bed Specialty Care Program offering Cardiac, Orthopedic, and Wound Care Program. This fast-growing center seeks a Dietary Aide to join its fast-paced dietary services unit. The Dietary Aide will assist in food and tray preparation, help with service and perform a number of kitchen/dining room tasks, as assigned.

Day-to-day responsibilities of the Dietary Aide include:

• Assisting in food/tray preparation, as directed
• Serving food to residents based on specific menus
• Checking tray lines to ensure proper labels, menu cards and operating cold food stations are intact
• Serving food in the dining room
• Performing dish washing procedures on all meal trays, pots/pans, food service utensils and kitchen equipment
• Preparing the dining room for meals
• Preparing nourishments and positioning them in front of the nourishing station
• Checking food requisition levels in each nursing unit, and replenishing them, as needed
• Answering the unit telephone and directing calls, as needed
• Assisting with food-related events and special functions, in the center and in the community
• Filling in for the cook’s assistant on an as needed basis
• Additional responsibilities, as assigned

Previous food service experience, plus Sanitation or ServSafe certification is preferred for this role. A high school diploma or equivalent is required.

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