Dietary Aide Full-Time

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Able to perform assigned positions as outlined in department responsibility schedules.
• Maintains clean, sanitary work areas. Uses sanitary practices. Completes daily cleaning assignments.
• Ensures that food items and leftovers are stored properly.
• Cleans and maintains equipment. Reports maintenance needs.
• Attends and participates in dept. meetings and facility in-services.
• Follows department, facility and regulatory policies, procedures and standards.
• Assists with the training of new staff members.
• Conducts self in a professional manner.
• Performs other duties as required for proper operation of facility/department and as assigned by Supervisor.
• Recognize your role as part of the QAIP (Quality Assurance Improvement Performance) efforts of your organization.
• Attend trainings to build understanding and capacity to undertake QAIP work.
• Carry out QAIP roles and responsibilities as assigned.
• Follow established policies and procedures in support of QAIP efforts.
• Look for and share with leadership ideas for improvement in the organization.
• Communicate to leadership upon witnessing a positive outcome of a QAIP project of detecting barriers preventing project success.
• Support QAIP efforts both verbally and non-verbally (i.e., via actions and attitude) including adjusting performance and practice in accordance with QAPI initiatives and findings.
• Recognize your role for Trauma Informed Care: Promotes a culture of safety, empowerment and healing; recognizes that everyone who interacts at Rest Haven may have past traumatic experience and protects trauma survivors from being re-traumatized.
• Recognize your role for Compliance and Ethics: Participates in annual compliance and ethics training. Follows code of conduct reporting any compliance and ethics concerns.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Well-lighted and ventilated work areas.
• Stands and walks during most of the day.
• Bends, stoops, lifts, push, pulls, etc. as required.
• Subject to cold, heat and cleaning solutions.
• Communicates with others throughout the workday. Subject to interruptions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be able to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to cooperate and communicate with others.
• Must maintain personal hygiene and follow the department uniform policy.
• Adequate health to perform the essential job functions.
• Criminal history background clearance-Act 169 and Act 13.