Diet Aide

Job description

Overview
Join our world-class team of driven, passionate healthcare professionals who are focused on service excellence and providing top quality care!
Big Sky Rehabilitation Hospital in Billings, Montana, is a leading inpatient rehabilitation hospital dedicated to helping patients recover, regain independence, and achieve their highest level of function after serious illness, injury, or surgery. Through comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation, 24-hour nursing care, and coordinated interdisciplinary treatment, our team provides expert care for patients recovering from stroke, brain and spinal cord injuries, neurological conditions, orthopedic procedures, amputations, and other complex medical conditions. Serving communities across Montana and the surrounding region, we help patients return to their families, workplaces, and everyday lives with greater strength, confidence, and independence. Every team member plays a vital role in creating life-changing outcomes and moments of hope for patients and families. Join a collaborative, compassionate team dedicated to delivering exceptional care through human connection.
Billings, Montana - Montana’s largest city, Billings is a gateway to Yellowstone and the Beartooth Mountains. With low unemployment, a growing downtown, and stunning natural beauty, Billings offers a high quality of life and wide-open opportunity. Billings is growing into a vibrant community with a diverse mix of urban and rural activities and amenities to fit your lifestyle. Although Billings is the largest city in the state, it still has a smaller-town feel, offering quick commutes, good schools, friendly neighbors, and so much more. Billings has what you want, whether you want to be, grow, or play in the great state of Montana.
We are seeking a Diet Aide to join our team of passionate patient caregivers!
As a participating hospital of Ernest Health, we offer robust recognition, wellness, and retention programs. These programs focus to enhance the employees’ work experience, recognize, and celebrate achievements. We also encourage employees to share their work experience through “My Ernest Journey” and through our Engagement Survey, where our approach is “You Spoke, We Listened”. These platforms provide additional avenues for employees to give feedback about their work experience and share what is important to them.
Our hospital offers comprehensive benefits, designed to support your health and financial well-being.
Benefits:
• PPO and High Deductible Medical Plan options
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Account options available
• Dental and Vision coverage
• 401K with employer matching
• Life insurance
• Short-and-long term disability

Wellness & Work Life Balance:
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program with quarterly wellness challenges with participation incentives
• Earned Time Off - start accruing vacation time on start date

Qualifications
Required Skills:
• High School Diploma or the equivalent in education or experience required.
• Food Handlers license required.
• Patient related service experience preferred.
• CPR certification preferred.

Additional Qualifications/Skills:
• Knowledge of patient diets and safe food handling requirements and use of Nutritional Care Manual.
• Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Effective organizational and time management skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain proper levels of confidentiality.
• Ability to work closely and professionally with others.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization

Responsibilities
Assists in the service of meals for patients, visitors, and staff. Diet Aide may be responsible for any of the following tasks: unpacking and visually inspecting food stock; preparing, pouring, and portioning food; carrying heavy trays, pots, etc.; delivering meals to patients; maintaining sanitary work environment and food handling; cleaning work station area and equipment; washing dishes, pots, silverware, etc. Integrates the hospital’s mission and “Guiding Principles” into daily practice.