Dietary Aide

Job Summary:

Responsible for serving meals to the Assisted Living residents in a courteous manner and maintaining clean and sanitary work areas according to industry and company standards.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Set up the food (hot & cold) in the assisted living kitchens, ensuring the temperatures are up to standards.

Label and date food placed into the cooler and freezer.

Discard outdated foods.

Follow the FIFO (first in, first out) rotation procedures when pulling food for use.

Clean all equipment and workstations, and organize stock areas.

Call residents that receive home deliveries to obtain meal orders.

Assemble and deliver meals requiring home deliveries.

Load, push, and unload hand cart frequently per shift requiring frequent lifting and pushing up to 25 lbs.

Educational, Physical, and Other Requirements:

Must be able of maintaining regular attendance.

Must have ability to read and write in English and follow verbal and written directions at a level necessary to accomplish the job.

Must meet all local health regulations and pass post-offer, pre-employment physical exam.

Must follow department dress code and wear clean uniform, clean shoes, a hairnet or cap inside kitchen and disposable gloves when handling food.

Must wear name tag at all times when on John Knox Village property.

Must be free from all communicable diseases and in good general health.

Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.

Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift (up to 50 lbs.), bend, squat, reach, and move intermittently during working hours.

Employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations. Physical requirements may include frequent use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear. The employee may be required to lift, stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; and smell. Vision abilities may require close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

For the safety and security of our residents and patients, employees must be able to read, write, and verbally communicate in English, which is the most universally used language of our resident and employee population.

Customer/Guest Relations & Communications:

Must maintain a professional, respectful, friendly demeanor with all residents, family members, guests, and staff at all times.