Dietary Aide / Evenings

About the role

Majestic Care of Bloomington is looking for a Dietary Aide to join our team's mission and believe in our core values. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare through the hearts of our Care Team Members. Our core values are Listening, Empathy, Accountability, and Decisiveness (LEAD with Love).

Responsibilities

• Prepare meals and serve using portion control directives.
• Ensure all foods are pulled and thawed in proper time and stored correctly.
• Check menus and complete any pre-preparation tasks.
• Review daily menus and production sheet with Director of Nutrition and Food Services.
• Safely operate equipment, ensuring it is properly cleaned and sanitized after each use.
• Report equipment problems as per community policy.
• Take temperatures of foods for each meal and document.
• Check daily temperatures of cooler/freezer and document.
• Record meal substitutions, if applicable.
• Maintain cleaning schedule to verify proper cleaning is completed daily and document.
• Label and date foods and rotate properly.
• Maintain effective communication with residents, families, and community staff.
• Ensure all foods are properly garnished for each meal.
• Check foods in for accuracy and proper storage.
• Straighten coolers, freezer, and maintain perpetual inventory.
• Assist with monthly inventories.
• Participate in departmental quality assurance program.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Six months of experience in large quantity food preparation preferred.
• Must be at least 18 years of age or older (federal child labor laws prohibit care team members younger than 18 from working with power-driven machines such as meat slicers and commercial mixers).
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand spoken English.
• Physical ability to reach (overhead), stand, walk, sit, pull, lift, carry, push, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and twist.
• Knowledge of quantity and quality cooking, portion control, and quality assurance.
• Knowledge of modified diets.
• Familiarity with ordering/purchasing of food items and Board of Health regulations/state requirements.

Nutrition Services employees are restricted from working in the department when suffering from a contagious infection or cold. A written notice from a physician stating the employee is free from contagion and able to return to work is required. Lesions or cuts on hands/fingers must be covered with surgical gloves or finger cots to prevent contamination.

Benefits

• Quarterly Pay Increase
• Daily Pay
• Company-Paid Life Insurance
• Telehealth Services
• Double Pay on Holidays
• Care Team Member Relief Fund

Schedule

Evenings