Dietary Aide​/PRN

Position Title

Dietary Aide/PRN – OPCO Skilled Management

Responsible for performing a variety of tasks in the preparation, service, and clean up for meals served to residents in the nursing center. Maintains an attractive and sanitary dining room, meal service, and delivery.

• Assists with food ordering, storage, and preparation as designated by the supervisor.
• Assists cooks as directed by the supervisor.
• Prepares and labels nourishment according to center procedures.
• Prepares and portions desserts, salads, and other non‑entre foods into dishes; pours beverages.
• Follows production sheets and pre‑preparation sheets or guidelines when appropriate.
• Completes pre‑preparation as needed or assigned, including washing, peeling, cutting vegetables and fruit; slices meat and measures or weighs for menu compliance and nutrition accuracy.
• Follows the cleaning schedule; cleans the equipment and work area after each use; sweeps and mops kitchen floors as assigned; takes trash to dumpster as assigned; washes pots and pans as assigned.
• Assumes responsibility for meeting meal schedules.
• Washes dishes and silverware according to dishwashing procedure; puts clean dishes and silverware away; assists with cleaning of equipment, dishes, silverware, and kitchen as assigned.
• Assists in preparation of food items and tray lines; works on meal tray serving line. Sets up before the start of meal service. Breaks down area and cleans up at the end of the serving line.
• Sets dining room tables for meals when assigned.
• Reads and follows tray tickets when serving meals; serves meal trays to residents and pours beverages for residents when assigned to the dining room.
• Pushes food carts to appropriate resident care areas; sets up nourishment carts and delivers to the unit.
  
  Clears tables of dishes and trash.
• Uses safe food handling techniques per company policy and procedure and state and federal codes and regulations.
• Uses proper hand washing techniques; uses gloves appropriately and changes when required.
• Stores food using correct packaging and labeling.
• Responsible for care of food service equipment.
• Handles and prepares food in a sanitary manner.
• Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year’s work in a large‑scale cooking operation, preferred.

Oaks of Longview provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Entry level

Full‑time