Dietary Aide - Server - Assisted Living at Prestige Care, Inc in Ellensburg, Washington

Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY

The Dietary Aide - Server assists with food preparation, food service, and general duties of the dietary department.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.Assists in the preparation of food and is responsible for serving meals, snacks, and beverages using portion control and applicable sanitation practices.

2.Responsible for delivering meals to resident rooms or tables and setting up meal trays in accordance with dietary orders and tray cards. Ensures residents are served proper diet and food preferences in a timely manner.

3.Keeps the kitchen, dietary equipment, and dining room clean and sanitary at all times, including work areas and floors.

4.Cleans utensils, dishes, and pots and pans by operating the dishwasher or proper handwashing processes. Ensures dishwasher is working properly and at the appropriate temperature. Records temperature of dishwasher. Properly stores pots, dishes, and utensils.

5.Ensures proper storage, rotation, preparation, and labeling of food in accordance with State and local guidelines and Prestige policy. Discards outdated food.

6.Partners with dietary staff to ensure equipment is working properly and at the appropriate temperature. Records temperature of equipment throughout shift as needed. Reports faulty equipment immediately.

7.Follows facility fire safety, infection control, and hazardous chemical practices and promptly reports any unsafe conditions.

8.Greets residents, visitors, and staff courteously and in a manner that respects dignity, meets confidentiality standards, and promotes resident and staff rights.

9.Resets the dining room for the next meal and ensures supplies are available for upcoming meals.

10.Assists in storing incoming food and supplies as assigned.

11.Attends and participates in training, in-services, and staff meetings.

12.Performs other duties as assigned.

COMPANY WIDE RESPONSIBILITIES

1.Demonstrates Core Values of Respect, Integrity, Commitment, and Trust.

2.Supports a dignified and caring atmosphere with residents, residents' families, visitors, and staff.

3.Protects privacy and confidentiality of information pertaining to residents, team members, the department/center/community, and company information and records.

4.Maintains a safe and secure working environment and practices safe working habits.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Must have Food Handler Permit as required by the State.

EDUCATION

Some High School education preferred.

EOE/M/F/VETS/DISABLED - At Prestige, it is our promise to personally touch lives every day. It is a philosophy of caring based on our core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at the center of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and how we celebrate what makes us different.

Questions? Contact HearthstoneExecutiveDirector@prestigecare.com:

Information About Prestige Senior Living at Hearthstone

Located at 802 East Mountain View Ave. in Ellensburg, Washington, Prestige Senior Living at Hearthstone has 49 apartments of assisted living, as well as 41 units of independent living apartments.

If you are looking for the highest quality of healthcare communities or care centers, you won't find anyone better in the local area. Hearthstone is known only for their high performance locally (we won "Best of Kittitas Valley" in 2019 and 2020) and also enjoyed a deficiency-free survey in 2019, a designation that is quite challenging to obtain, but also shows strong commitment to health care excellence. Also, we were one of only a small handful of care centers and communities in the entire state of Washington to achieve the American Health Care Association's "Bronze" quality care awards. We were the first assisted living in Kittitas County, and the only one to offer independent living.

While our community isn't the newest community in the area, you would enjoy a strong family-like culture where everyone is known by first name, and a work environment that is homey, far from sterile or uptight. Here, you can bring your whole self to work to love and serve our seniors. There is a true team-like aura at Prestige Senior Living at Hearthstone, where we laugh and get to do what we love every day.

If working in a home-like setting, with a strong team atmosphere, and with a national award-winning employer that has a great promote-from-within culture, then Prestige Senior Living at Hearthstone

is the place for you.

Who Is Prestige Care?

Prestige Care is a family of over 75 skilled nursing + post-acute care centers, as well as assisted living and memory care communities in 8 Western states. We are an organization of over 5,000 team members who serve thousands of residents, where we have the privilege of personally touching their lives every day.

We have four core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect that guide everything that we do. With a strong commitment to career development and advancement, Prestige Care is a employer that can help you achieve your career goals and objectives. With a healthcare career at Prestige Care, you will enjoy a collaborative, team-oriented environment where your work truly matters at the end of every day.

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