Dietary Aide

Dietary Aide

Prepares, assembles, rethermalizes and serves food to patients, cafeteria patrons and catered events. Performs dishwashing and other sanitation duties.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws. Assembles/prepares patient, cafeteria, and catering food to include entree, salad, dessert, beverage, nourishments. Prepares tray line, assemble food trays in accordance with worksheets and place assembled food trays on food carts. Rethermalizes precooked foods for patients, cafeteria patrons, and catered event participants. Sets up and replenishes food and non-food items in cafeteria and conferences and replenishes hot and cold food items on cafeteria and catering lines. Labels and refrigerates leftovers. Delivers patient tray carts and nourishments to food distribution centers on each floor. Serves trays to patients. Serves food to cafeteria and conference patrons. Returns trays and carts to dishwashing area. Sanitizes carts after each use; operates dishwasher to wash all dishes, trays, and utensils; washes pots and pans, stores cleaned items according to established procedure. Cleans various areas and equipment to include serving and dining areas, steam table, refrigerators, microwave ovens, and other equipment used in performing their tasks. Receives and stores delivered food; paper and supplies and verify orders received. Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations when interacting with other personnel, health plan members and the public. Performs other related duties as required. Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service. Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Six months food service experience required.
• Must be able to lift items weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Must push and pull carts weighing 100 lbs.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain positive working relationships and courteous interactions with the public.

Education:

• N/A

License, Certification, Registration:

• Food Handler Certificate (California)

Additional Requirements:

• N/A

Preferred Qualifications:

• One year experience or equivalent in a food establishment.
• Knowledge of hospital food service operations.