Utility/Dietary Aide

About This Role

The Utility/Dietary Aide coordinates various activities to serve patients, employees, and customers, including food preparation, delivery, dishwashing, and general cleaning while maintaining sanitation standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare full liquid food and puree food for modified diets following department standards and safe food handling procedures
• Return unused items to designated areas, sealed and with date labels attached
• Scrape, pre-wash, pre-rinse, operate, and maintain dishwashing machine to wash and sanitize all china, glassware, trays, and domes
• Calculate patient diets, record, and post diet count, providing a list of selected food items for preparation areas
• Arrange assigned food items and condiments on trays for regular and modified diets during patient tray line service, ensuring timely delivery
• Load individual milk cartons in iced down containers for transportation to nursing floors on food carts
• Check, deliver, and document time of food tray delivery to meet meal schedule
• Set up trays, wrap silverware, bag rolls, and stock condiments and disposable items, returning unused items to designated areas
• Prepare and deliver new, delayed, and resumed diets, and special food requests, inventorying and restocking nourishment room floor stock
• Move clean, sanitized dishes from dish racks, observing for cleanliness, allowing to air dry, and putting in designated areas
• Organize and maintain tray line equipment, beverage, and work area
• Sanitize inside and outside of carts after every meal
• Prepare beverages and pour into containers for patients, cafeteria, and special functions according to count
• Dispose of trash, boxes, cans, broken glass, and cold grease according to policy and procedure
• Sweep and mop kitchen, cafeteria, corridor, all storage rooms, and freezer, removing debris and wet spills from the floor
• Perform special floor scrubbing, clean and assist in cleaning pots, pans, utensils, and equipment used in food preparation and service
• Stock groceries in designated areas using FI-FO method, and stock incoming chemicals and paper products
• Wash pots and pans
• Assist in lifting heavy food items into and removal from oven
• Lift heavy food items, chemicals, and supplies for other Food & Nutrition employees
• Restock sodas and cafeteria as needed
• Train new employees in the position when necessary

Requirements

• Ability to read, write, speak, and follow written and oral instructions
• Ability to read and understand hazard chemical labels
• Ability to lift heavy food items, chemicals, and supplies up to 50 pounds occasionally
• Knowledge of hazardous chemicals

Qualifications

• Minimum of grammar school. High school preferred.
• Preferably six months experience in institutional and volume feeding and standardized recipes, with knowledge of safe food handling procedures.

Nice to Have

• Six months experience in institutional and volume feeding
• Experience with standardized recipes
• Knowledge of safe food handling procedures
• High level of organization and communication skills