Nutrition Services Dietary Aide PT

About the Role

A rewarding career opportunity is available for a Dietary Aide to join the team at Medical Park West Rehabilitation and Skilled Care in Norman, OK. This role assists the food service team in creating a positive and healthy dining experience for residents, ensuring meals, snacks, and hospitality items are prepared and served on time, while maintaining cleanliness and service standards.

Responsibilities

• Safe Food Handling
  • Follows guidelines for food handling and storage, including raw and prepared foods.
  • Tests and records temperatures of hot and cold foods; monitors cold food storage areas.
  • Reports and corrects negative temperature results to the Nutrition Services Manager.
  • Properly discards expired or contaminated food items.
  • Enforces hand washing, glove use, and hair restraints; complies with infection control and universal precaution policies.
• Food Preparation
  • Follows methods to control cross-contamination.
  • Prepares food using standardized recipes and production worksheets, adhering to special diet requirements.
  • Uses tools (spreadsheets, prep-at-a-glance, production guides) to ensure timely and accurate meal production and portion control.
  • Properly pulls, thaws, and preps foods in advance.
  • Ensures food is served within meal serving hours while preserving quality, temperature, and appearance.
• General Food Service Duties
  • Serves meals using correct portion control and plating guidelines.
  • Performs daily and scheduled cleaning of the kitchen and equipment following sanitation procedures.
  • Ensures work areas are cleaned and sanitized after each task.
  • Sets up and cleans serving lines and dining rooms, including rolling flatware, setting tables, and maintaining condiments and centerpieces.
  • Properly stores, chills, and reheats leftovers.
  • Cleans and arranges food storage areas.
  • Assists other department staff to ensure timely production, service, and clean-up.
  • Completes kitchen close duties (PM shift) as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Food handlers’ card required.
• Previous experience preferred.
• Fundamental understanding of sanitation, cleanliness, and personal hygiene.
• Ability to communicate tactfully with co-workers, residents, family members, visitors, and government agencies.
• Regular, predictable, and dependable attendance.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Holiday pay and paid time off.
• Employee appreciation events.