Dietary Aide

Job description

Olivia Hospital & Clinic is looking to hire a Dietary Aide – to join our – team! Come join us as a Partner for Good and help us make an impact on the care and experience that our patients and their families receive every day.
Position Summary: The Dietary Aide is responsible for taking patient and customer orders as well as assisting with meal preparation.
Work Schedule: Casual/On-Call, FTE 0.0
Responsibilities:
• Prepares and delivers food trays for general and therapeutic diets to patient rooms in a kind and courteous manner.
• Prepares food according to standardized recipes and written and verbal instructions.
• Obtains and relays Diet Orders and messages from the computer Diet Census.
• Takes room service orders using proper phone etiquette.
• Stocks and maintains adequate inventory including utensils, napkins, cups, bottled beverages, and a-la-carte food items.
• Prints labels for a-la-carte meals.
• Ensures appropriate portion/service sizes.
• Washes dishes, utensils, pots, pans, and other cooking equipment and places in appropriate storage space once dry.
• Uses Point of Sale system for customer purchases.
• Ensures café is cleaned thoroughly at the end of the day and set-up for morning service by disposing of trash, mopping floors, and cleaning walk-in refrigerators and storages areas as necessary.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Knowledge of common dietary restrictions (preferred)
• Ability to follow guidelines and documented instructions (required)
• Excellent customer service skills (required)
• Basic computer skills (preferred)
• Basic cash handling skills (preferred)
• Ability to work in constantly changing environment (required)

Servsafe certification a plus (which will be offered after the employee is hired).
Benefits:
Park Nicollet offers a competitive benefits package (for eligible positions) that includes medical insurance, dental insurance, a retirement program, time away from work, insurance options, tuition reimbursement, an employee assistance program, onsite clinic and much more!