Diet Aide 20 Hours

Healthcare Diet Aide

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

20 hours/week. Flex shifts 6:30am-11:30pm and 2:30pm-7:30pm. Weekday, every other weekend, with rotating holidays.

Position Summary

The Healthcare Diet Aide is responsible for effectively communicating with patients, staff and guests of the hospital to ensure accuracy and timeliness of patient meal trays and floor stock. Major responsibilities include assembling meal trays, delivering meal carts to patient units, aiding in the meal set-up at bedside, discarding of soiled trays, taking inventory and stocking food items as needed, and providing exceptional customer service. The Healthcare Diet Aide responsibilities also include, but are not limited to, dishware sanitation, non-dishware sanitation, maintaining a clean and sanitized work area, and any other tasks identified by the supervisor or manager. This is a part time position (20 hours). The schedule will require some weekend and holiday coverage based on the needs of the department.

Principal Duties and Essential Functions

• Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments.
• Complies with all hospital-wide and department-specific policies and procedures.
• Assists in food preparation and assembly of patient meal trays. Stocks refrigerators on patient units and stock supplies on the tray line. Prepares desserts for cafeteria and stock the desserts in the federal cooler in the caf.
• Delivers patient meal trays in a timely and courteous manner, providing assistance in tray set-up as needed to patients.
• Collects and cleans soiled trays in a timely manner. Clean the Dish Room and Dish Machine at the end of each shift. Wrap silverware.
• Participates in all dietary in-service training as required.
• Provides excellent customer service to patients, families, visitors, and hospital employees.
• Works as part of a team to accomplish timely and courteous service.
• Maintains and cleans work area throughout the day and at the end of shift.
• Completes assigned HACCP Logs

Required Qualifications:

High School Graduate or Equivalent preferred

0-1 years experience required

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled