Dietary Aide

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GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:
To perform a variety of patient food service by preparing patient trays and nourishments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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.
• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
• Prepares special foods for regular and therapeutic diets as required by following individual patient menus.
• Prepares nourishment for patients as designated on nourishment sheet.
• Assembles prepared food on patient trays during trayline mealtimes
• Ensures all food items for meals and nourishments are prepared according to menu and delivered at appropriate times.
• Delivers carts to patient floors as specified.
• Prepares all “early” and “late” trays as required.
• Takes inventory of all nourishment food items kept in Nourishment Kitchens on each patient floor.
• Cleans refrigerators in Diet Kitchen on a daily basis, removing out-dated items and items not needed for the day’s menu.
• Replenishes beverages and foods needed on trayline.
• Performs special cleaning duties as scheduled.
• Attends all department and hospital in-services as assigned.

• Follows department policies and procedures for age-appropriate diets and preparation of food items for patient trayline.
• Completes special cleaning assignments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience