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Hawthorne Center for Rehabilitation and Healing of Ocala is seeking dedicated Dietary Aides to join our team!
In this important role, you’ll assist in preparing and serving nutritious meals to our residents, ensuring they enjoy delicious, healthy food in a supportive environment. If you’re passionate about food service and want to make a difference in our residents’ lives, apply today!
Hawthorne Center for Rehabilitation and Healing of Ocala
Our beautiful facilities offer residents the ability to rest, recover and return to their daily living, in a distinctly homey environment. We’ve garnered an outstanding reputation in the communities we serve, providing exceptional quality care, with specializations in sub-acute orthopedic, cardiac, pulmonary and neurological rehabilitation. The highly trained staff at Hawthorne Centers for Rehabilitation is available to assist in accessing community-based services to maintain the continuum of care.
We are located at 4100 SW 33rd Ave, Ocala, FL, 34474
Why Work For Us? Because We Offer Our Employees:
The Dietary Aide is responsible for assisting residents fulfill specific dietary requirements to promote their health and wellbeing. In addition to this, they would be assisting the Dietary Manager in planning, organizing, developing, and directing the overall operation of the Dietary Services Department in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations, established facility policies and procedures, to ensure that quality food service and nutritional care is provided.
Dietary Aide Major Duties and Critical Tasks:
1. Their duties include preparing and cooking food dishes, delivering food to patients and assisting the kitchen staff in maintaining a clean, sanitary workplace
2. Review department policies, procedures, manuals, position descriptions, at least annually and participates in making recommended changes to stay current on facility protocols
3. Interprets policies and procedures to personnel, patients/residents, visitors, family members, as necessary.
4. Preparing meals, snacks and beverages following specific procedures
5. Serving meals, ensuring food safety and hygiene procedures are followed at all times
6. Taking inventory of kitchen supplies and food items
7. Setting up and taking down dining areas and assisting with kitchen maintenance and general cleaning
8. Assisting with educational programs on nutrition
Dietary Aide Required Education/Skills/Abilities:
Education: Must possess as a minimum, a high school diploma;
Experience: Previous experience as a Dietary Aide is preferred. Bonus experience includes training in cost control, food management, or diet therapy. Any combination of experience and training which provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities of a Dietary Aide in a skilled nursing facility.
Must have reliable transportation.:
In this important role, you’ll assist in preparing and serving nutritious meals to our residents, ensuring they enjoy delicious, healthy food in a supportive environment. If you’re passionate about food service and want to make a difference in our residents’ lives, apply today!
Hawthorne Center for Rehabilitation and Healing of Ocala
Our beautiful facilities offer residents the ability to rest, recover and return to their daily living, in a distinctly homey environment. We’ve garnered an outstanding reputation in the communities we serve, providing exceptional quality care, with specializations in sub-acute orthopedic, cardiac, pulmonary and neurological rehabilitation. The highly trained staff at Hawthorne Centers for Rehabilitation is available to assist in accessing community-based services to maintain the continuum of care.
We are located at 4100 SW 33rd Ave, Ocala, FL, 34474
Why Work For Us? Because We Offer Our Employees:
- Referral Bonuses!!
- Medical with Family Plan options
- Vision with Family Plan options
- Dental with Family Plan options
- Daily Pay- Work Today Get Paid Today!
- Baylor Pay (Weekend Shift Bonus)
- Shift Differential Pay
- Flexible Scheduling
- Extra Holiday Pay
- Extensive PTO
- Paid training and in-services
- Full-time employees have the benefit of having assistance finding quality childcare. We’ve teamed up with Wonderschool to offer a free concierge service that helps our employees discover and sign up for quality childcare programs nearby.
The Dietary Aide is responsible for assisting residents fulfill specific dietary requirements to promote their health and wellbeing. In addition to this, they would be assisting the Dietary Manager in planning, organizing, developing, and directing the overall operation of the Dietary Services Department in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations, established facility policies and procedures, to ensure that quality food service and nutritional care is provided.
Dietary Aide Major Duties and Critical Tasks:
1. Their duties include preparing and cooking food dishes, delivering food to patients and assisting the kitchen staff in maintaining a clean, sanitary workplace
2. Review department policies, procedures, manuals, position descriptions, at least annually and participates in making recommended changes to stay current on facility protocols
3. Interprets policies and procedures to personnel, patients/residents, visitors, family members, as necessary.
4. Preparing meals, snacks and beverages following specific procedures
5. Serving meals, ensuring food safety and hygiene procedures are followed at all times
6. Taking inventory of kitchen supplies and food items
7. Setting up and taking down dining areas and assisting with kitchen maintenance and general cleaning
8. Assisting with educational programs on nutrition
Dietary Aide Required Education/Skills/Abilities:
Education: Must possess as a minimum, a high school diploma;
Experience: Previous experience as a Dietary Aide is preferred. Bonus experience includes training in cost control, food management, or diet therapy. Any combination of experience and training which provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities of a Dietary Aide in a skilled nursing facility.
Must have reliable transportation.:
