Dietary Aide
📍 Whitney Oaks Care Center
💲 Starting at $17.68/hour
Whitney Oaks Care Center is hiring a dependable and team-oriented Dietary Aide to support our dietary department and help ensure residents receive nutritious, high-quality meals in a clean and welcoming environment.
Key Responsibilities:
* Assist with meal preparation and meal service to residents
* Set up and clean dining areas before and after meals
* Wash dishes, utensils, and kitchen equipment
* Follow proper food safety, sanitation, and infection control procedures
* Assist with stocking supplies and maintaining cleanliness of kitchen areas
* Provide friendly and respectful service to residents and staff
* Support dietary staff with daily operations as needed
Qualifications:
* Previous dietary or food service experience preferred (not required)
* Knowledge of basic food safety and sanitation practices
* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
* Dependable, punctual, and team-oriented
* Compassionate attitude toward elderly residents
Why Join Whitney Oaks?
* Starting pay $17.68/hour
* Supportive leadership and team environment
* Stable, well-run facility
* Opportunity to make a meaningful difference in residents' daily lives
Whitney Oaks Care Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
👉 Apply today and become part of a team that values teamwork, compassion, and quality care.
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Type: Permanent Location: Carmichael, US-CA
Salary / Rate: Not Specified
Posted: 2026-02-04 21:35:45
General Purpose
It is the responsibility of the cook to manage and operate the kitchen in the absence of the Dietary Supervisor.
He/she is reports to the Dietary supervisor.
Essential Duties
* Maintain kitchen and cooking area in a safe, orderly, clean and sanitary manner.
* Ability to prepare tasteful meals and to cook a variety of foods in large quantities.
* Ability to follow prepared menus and portion control guides.
Ability to prepare special diets accurately.
* Record food temperatures for the meals.
Prepare pureed foods.
Ability to work in cooperation and harmony with personnel in all departments.
* Maintain quaternary solution in sanitizer buckets.
Assist with serving the different meals.
Clean cooking area and serving carts.
* Report resident care concerns and potential issues to Administrator and/or Director of Nurses.
Participate in the orientation and on-going training of dietary staff.
* Ability to make the presentation of the food appealing to the residents.
Ability to cooperate.
Willing to supervise and to work under supervision.
* To make sure all cleaning schedules are followed.
Supervisory Requirements This job has supervisory responsibilities in the absence of the Dietary Supervisor.
Qualification
Education and/or Experience
High school diploma or equivalent.
Should have experience as a cook in a hospital or long term care facility for not less than one year.
Language Skills
Ability to read technical procedures.
Ability to read and follow recipes.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to solve practical problems.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Must obtain and maintain ServSafe Certificate.
Knowledge and experience with PCC preferred.
Must remain in good standing with the Department of Public Health.
Physical Demands
The essential functions of this position require the following physical abilities: Standing and /or walking very frequently.
Sitting occasionally.
Reaching with hands and arms frequently, pushing/pulling very frequently.
Talking and /or hearing very frequently.
Tasting and /or smelling very frequently.
Lifting up to 50 pounds frequently.
Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling occasionally.
Close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception in vision: ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually ...
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Type: Permanent Location: St. Peters, US-MO
Salary / Rate: Not Specified
Posted: 2026-02-04 21:35:37
