Dietary Aide

HCR ManorCare provides a range of services, including skilled nursing care, assisted living, post-acute medical and rehabilitation care, hospice care, home health care and rehabilitation therapy. Performs a variety of tasks usually not requiring cooking skills in the preparation, service, and clean-up for meals served to residents and staff in the nursing center and other special events. In return for your expertise, you’ll enjoy excellent training, industry-leading benefits and unlimited opportunities to learn and grow. Be a part of the team leading the nation in healthcare.

3221 - HHCC - Paxton, Paxton, Illinois Experience not needed, but preferred. Job Specific Details:

Staff Development

• Attends and participates in scheduled in-service training and educational classes as mandated by regulatory

agencies and company policies

• Participates in QAA program

• Attends and participates in Circle of Care classes

Food Preparation/Production Responsibilities

• Assists cook as directed by the food service director

• Prepares and labels nourishments according to center procedures

• Prepares and portions desserts, salads and other non-entrée foods into dishes; pours beverages

• Follows production sheets and pre-preparation sheets or guidelines when appropriate

Sanitation Responsibilities

• Sweeps and mops kitchen floors as assigned

• Takes trash to the dumpster

• Washes dishes and silverware according to dishwashing procedure.

• Puts clean dishes and silverware away

• Maintains clean, neat, and orderly work areas

• Assists with cleaning of equipment, dishes, silverware and kitchen as assigned

• Washes pots and pans if assigned

• Does cleaning assignments

• Sweeps and mops kitchen floors when assigned

• Takes trash to dumpster if assigned

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Meal Service Responsibilities

• Sets dining room tables for meals when assigned

• Works on meal tray serving line. Sets-up before start of meal service. Breaks down area and cleans-up at end of

serving line

• Reads and follows tray tickets when serving meals.

• Serves meal trays to patient and pours beverages for patients when assigned to dining room

• Clears tables of dishes and trash

• Pushes food carts to appropriate patient care areas

• Communicates with patients during meal times when serving in dining areas

Food Safety Responsibilities

• Use safe food handling techniques as identified in the HCR ManorCare Dietary Procedures Manual – Food

Service Management, HACCP and state and federal codes and regulations

• Uses proper hand washing techniques

• Thaws foods appropriately

• Stores food using correct packaging and labeling

• Uses gloves appropriately and changes when required

• Checks refrigerators and freezers for correct temperatures. Notifies food service director if problems

• Follows the cleaning schedule

• Cleans the equipment and work area after each use.

• Cools, stores and reheats cooked foods according to procedures

• Does cleaning assignments

• Maintains neat, clean and orderly work areas

Administrative Responsibilities

• Performs any miscellaneous work assignments as may be required.

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Education

• Ability to read and understand directions required

Experience

• Not needed, but preferred.

Physical Demands

• Lifting 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds. Stooping,

standing, walking, smelling, color vision, reaching, handling, fingering, and pushing.