Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Dietary Aide

Current Openings:
Full Time | Day Shift
Part Time | Day and Evening Shift

** Pay rate at $12.50/hour **

Genacross Lutheran Services, a faith-based nonprofit organization, for over 160 years, has provided compassionate care and support to individuals, families, and communities in need. Genacross Team Members put our mission into action every day, using their skills, talents, and passion, to serve the needs of our community with exceptional care, innovation, and support.

Dietary Aide provides dietary services for the residents in Assisted Living and the Health Center. Dietary Aides complete dietary services including and not limited to serving meals to resident, cleaning dish, cleaning the dinner room, and other directive from the Dietary Cook.

What will I do as a Dietary Aide with Genacross?

• Review menus in preparation for meal services.
• Prepare food in accordance with applicable federal, state and local standards, guidelines and regulations and our established policies and procedures.
• Set up of meal trays, food carts, serving of food and meal delivery as necessary for the resident dining experience.
• Responsible for the efficient and accurate delivery of food to residents.
• Assists in the distributing of resident meals to create an enhanced experience.
• Processes diet changes and new diets as received from nursing services.
• Completes necessary forms, reports, etc. in order to ensure smooth operations of the dietary department.
• Works closely with the dietician in order to implement necessary changes to the resident dining experience.
• Addresses resident and family concerns in a professional manner and reports those concerns to the Director of Dietary Services.
• Assists in the inventory and storage process of incoming foods, supplies, etc. and works to maintain accuracy and organization in this process within applicable federal, state and local standards, guidelines and regulations and our established policies and procedures.
• Perform dishwashing procedures to ensure clean plates; utensils, etc. are available for the upcoming resident dining experience.
• Responsible for assigned cleaning duties in compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Reports allegations of abuse/neglect and reports, as appropriate, to proper organization leadership.
• Reports hazardous incidents, including but not limited to, injuries, equipment, etc. to the appropriate Manager/Supervisor.
• Implements and follows disaster plans in the event of an emergency.

Dietary Aide Requirements :

• Must be at least 16 years of age.
• Prior experience working in a long-term care setting and with a high-volume food production setting preferred.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office products including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Ability to learn new software application as required by the position.
• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to interact with senior executives, managers, supervisors and direct care staff, as well as residents, families and physicians.
• Understands directions; communicates and responds to inquiries promptly.
• Passion for Mission: A genuine passion for Genacross Lutheran Services' mission of compassion and service to others is essential. Understanding and embracing the organization's faith-based values is important in effectively representing Genacross to the community.

Genacross strives to improve the lives of everyone, including our Team Members, who daily enrich the lives of our residents, patients, clients & colleagues.

We offer exceptional Team Member Benefits:

• Health, vision and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• 401K plan with 4% employer contribution
• Short-term disability
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Health savings account
• Employee assistance program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee discounts

Join Genacross: A faith-inspired career starts here.

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