Diet Aide

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

DIET AIDE- PER DIEM
Rotating shifts M-F and weekends, 6:00am-2:30pm, 10:30am-7:00pm. Rotating holidays. Weekends are required.

The Healthcare Diet Aide is responsible for effectively communicating with patients, staff and guests of the hospital to ensure accuracy and timeliness of patient meal trays and floor stock. Major responsibilities include assembling patient meal trays, delivering meal carts to patient units, aiding in the meal set-up at bedside, discarding of soiled trays, taking inventory and stocking food items as needed, and providing exceptional customer service. The Healthcare Diet Aide responsibilities also include, but are not limited to, taking patient meal orders using the electronic ordering system, dishware sanitation, non-dishware sanitation, maintaining a clean and sanitized work area, participating in training, and any other tasks identified by the supervisor or manager.


1. Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments.

2. Complies with all hospital-wide and department-specific policies and procedures.

3. Assists in food preparation and assembly of patient meal trays. Stocks refrigerators on patient units and stock supplies on the tray line. Prepares desserts for cafeteria and stock the desserts in the federal cooler in the café.

4. Delivers patient meal trays in a timely and courteous manner, providing assistance in tray set-up as needed to patients.

5. Collects and cleans soiled trays in a timely manner. Clean the Dish Room and Dish Machine at the end pf each shift. Wrap silverware.

6. Participates in all dietary in-service training as required.

7. Provides excellent customer service to patients, families, visitors, and hospital employees.

8. Works as part of a team to accomplish timely and courteous service.

9. Maintains and cleans work area throughout the day and at the end of shift

10. Completes assigned HACCP Logs

Job Description:

DIET AIDE

Pay Range:

$17.00 - $22.88

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.  Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled