Dietary Aide

Description

Dietary Aide

Holy Name is New Jersey's last remaining independent, Catholic health system, comprising a comprehensive 361-bed acute care medical center, a cancer center, medical fitness center, residential hospice, nursing school, and physician network. The system has a national reputation for providing culturally sensitive care to a diverse population, drawing patients from across the New York City region to its specialty centers and renowned doctors. Holy Name's mission to provide technologically advanced, compassionate and personalized care extends across a continuum that encompasses education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and wellness maintenance. The system is known as a high-quality, low-cost provider of extraordinary clinical care given by compassionate, highly trained physicians and staff.


A Brief Overview

Dietary Aide will provide assistance in all dietary functions as directed and in accordance with policies and procedures.


What you will do

• Gathers utensils necessary for serving entree items for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Stocks line with required items for meal service.
• Cleans cold stations, wipes counters, puts away supplies and cleans refrigerators
• Greets each patient by name and introduce yourself. Delivers meal trays to patients
• Retrieve trays After patient meal is completed, begins to retrieve soiled trays from patient room.
• After meal service has ended, returns to the dish room area and begins to scrape soiled trays
• Breaks down carts and trays from both patient and cafeteria services.
• Operates dishmachine. Loads, operates and unloads dishmachine. Stacks and stores washed items in their appropriate places.
• Collects and disposes of trash throughout the kitchen, including the somat machine. Transports to disposal area.
• Cleans and sanitizes dishmachine
• Washes and sanitizes pots and pans: scrape, soak, and rinse pots, utensils and equipment
• Maintains the cleanliness of the pot area: walls, racks and machines
• Places all equipment, pots, pans and utensils in their appropriate areas
• Prepares everything for catering. Prepares all desserts for patients and catering. Prepares all salads for patients, catering and cafeteria
• Sets up sandwich station for patients
• Follows HACCP guidelines
• Greets all new patients receiving orientation DVD with them.
• Assist all patients assessed as Need Assistance: with their menu selections.
• Distributes nourishments to all pantries rotating stock
• Documents temperature

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent Required

Experience Qualifications

• less than 1 year Six months related experience Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Customer service preferred

Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.