Dietary Aide

Overview

Dietary Aide participates in the provision of quality meals and nutritional services to patients, staff, and guests.

• Serves meals to all cafeteria customers.
• Cleans work area as necessary or assigned.
• Accepts and reconciles deliveries and puts away stock.
• Assists the cook and dietary supervisor in food preparation.
• Participates in activities which enhance professional growth and development.
• Upholds the Organization's ethics and customer service standards.

• Education: High School degree or equivalent preferred

• Required Licenses: Valid Food Handlers Certificate

• Experience: Minimum of 2 years experience as dietary aid in a commercial environment, preferably in a healthcare setting.

• Must have skills in maintaining information as highly confidential.

• Screening: Must successfully pass a background check, drug screen, physical and be able to provide positive employment references.

• With or without reasonable accommodations, must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand for a sustained period of time, walk, pull, lift, raise and move objects from position to position (up to 50 lbs.), finger grasp; feel sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures; express or exchange ideas orally and potentially loudly, accurately, or quickly; visually detect, determine, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, assess;
  
  perceive the nature of sound with or without correction; perform repetitive motions of the wrist, hands, or fingers. Light work most of the time, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently; and occasionally medium work, that is exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently.

• This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the hospital.

Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

Full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, company paid disability, 401(k) and a generous amount of paid time off.