Dietary Aide

Job description

Job Title: Dietary Aide
Classification: Non-Exempt/Hourly
Reports To: D.O.N
Position Type: Full-Time
Hours Worked/Shift: 5 days a week
Date Last Reviewed: 9/30/2026
Summary :
Performs a variety of routine duties related to the preparation and serving of food; cleans kitchen, equipment, and utensils. Learns and understands various types of patient diets and assists in appropriate preparation based upon physician’s orders.
Essential Functions :
• Demonstrates behaviors consistent with organizational mission & goals.
• Comes to work as scheduled; arrives for work on time.
• Demonstrate proper safety practices in carrying out job duties.
• Appearance is appropriate to job duties, wears identification on duty.
• Demonstrates appropriate job competencies.
• Complies with organizational policies in course of duties.
• Sets up and serves patient trays based upon established schedule and procedures.
• Ability to adequately clean kitchen area and cooking utensils.
• Operates dishwasher to ensure all dishes and utensils are clean.
• Prepares coffee for food service.
• Prepares, loads, transports, and cleans food carts.
• Assists with care, cleaning and maintenance of department, equipment and supplies.
• Ability to navigate computer programs as needed for the maintenance of records, communications within the facility, and obtaining need to know patient information for proper food service.
• Maintains department records, reports, and files as required.
• Demonstrates behaviors consistent with organizational mission & goals.
• Demonstrate practices to keep all medical information confidential.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Participates in quality improvement projects as directed.
• Maintain temperature records for fridge, freezer and food obtained from Good Sam.

Competencies:
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills necessary
• Ability to work independently and adapt to change (i.e. food substitutions and numbers served)
• Ability to exercise creativity and be attentive to detail
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and to prioritize work

Position Qualifications:
Minimum Education: Minimum of a high school education or GED.
Minimum Experience: Prefer prior experience in large-scale food preparation and knowledge of special diets but will train otherwise qualified candidates.
Working Environment :
Subject to burns and cuts; exposure to hot and humid work environment; exposure to hazards of steam and heat; exposure to heat, wetness, odors in kitchen and/or patient areas; and exposure to varying degrees of kitchen elements.
Push/Pull:
10-25 pounds: Frequently
25-50 pounds: Occasionally
50-100 pounds: Occasionally
100+ pounds: Never
Lift/Carry:
0-10 pounds: Frequently
10-20 pounds: Frequently
20-50 pounds: Occasionally
50-100 pounds: Never
100+ pounds: Never
Stand: Frequently
Walk: Frequently
Sit: Occasionally
Squat/Kneel: Occasionally
Bend: Frequently
Climb Ladder : Occasionally
Physical Demands : **
** Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the position accountability without compromising patient care or departmental efficiency. However, should it be determined that the employee cannot meet the position accountabilities with or without accommodation, it is the right of RCHC to release the individual under Kansas “Employment at Will” doctrine**
Professional Requirements:
Adheres to policies, procedures, and always maintains confidentiality. Attends annual in-services, completes annual education in a timely manner. Represents RCHC in a positive, professional manner on the job, electronically, and in the community. Complies with all hospital policies regarding ethical business practices; communicates the mission statement & core values of RCHC both on and off the job.
Acknowledgement:
I hereby acknowledge that I have received a copy of this position description and that I have both read and understand its content. I hereby accept responsibility for fulfilling position expectations. I also acknowledge that the Administration or governing body of RCHC may modify the requirements of this job or eliminate it at any time, if deemed necessary. I acknowledge that this position description of all aspects of the job, and I agree that other duties not explicitly mentioned herein may nevertheless be reasonable job expectations on the part of the Rawlins County Health Center.