What are the responsibilities and job description for the Travel Dietary Aide position at Planet Healthcare?
Job Opportunity
We are seeking a skilled Dietary Aide to join our team for a 13-week travel assignment in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
- Specialty: Dietary Aide
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Hours per week: 36 hours
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary
As a Dietary Aide, you will perform a variety of duties in operational support of the Food and Nutrition Department. This includes cleaning, ware washing, serving, food preparation, food transport, and stocking of supplies.
Essential Job Functions
- Patient and Retail Services:
- Works various stations in patient meal service area.
- Delivers carts, meals and supplies to patient units.
- Performs dishwashing and pot washing.
- Serves food in the retail areas.
- Stocks supplies throughout the department.
- Fills in for cross-trained roles in the department.
- Regulatory/Sanitation:
- Maintains work area in a sanitary manner; completes cleaning duties.
- Prepares, serves, and stores foods according to HACCP guidelines.
- Practices good hygiene including hand washing, wearing hair restraints, and glove usage.
- Utilizes FIFO when obtaining foods from storage areas.
- Takes and records temperatures of food during meal periods.
- Checks sanitizer in pots area with test strips and records at each fill.
- Records dish machine temperatures each meal period.
- Uses two patient identifiers when delivering trays to patients.
- Safety:
- Uses equipment in a safe manner; reports any issues immediately.
- Cleans equipment according to established guidelines.
- Refers to and follows MSDS guidelines for chemical usage and storage.
- Uses proper body techniques in lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling.
- Service Excellence:
- Performs excellent customer service skills with all customers and coworkers.
- Answers questions about prepared café food items.
- Handles service recovery immediately or involves supervisor as needed.
- Receives and distributes all messages in a timely manner.
- Other duties as assigned.
Competency and Experience
Required Qualifications/Experience:
- High School Diploma, GED or higher level of education.
- Zero (0) to One (1) year of experience in food service, sanitation, or service industry.
- Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
- Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.
Preferred Qualifications/Experience:
- One (1) to Three (3) years' experience in Food Service.
- Experience in Healthcare setting.
License, Certification & Clearances:
- ServSafe Food Safety Certification preferred.
- Act 34-PA Criminal Record Check from the PA State Police system.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
- Incumbent will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.).
