Dietary Aide Full-Time

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Able to perform assigned positions as outlined in department responsibility schedules.
2. Maintains clean, sanitary work areas.  Uses sanitary practices.  Completes daily cleaning assignments.
3. Ensures that food items and leftovers are stored properly.
4. Cleans and maintains equipment.  Reports maintenance needs.
5. Attends and participates in dept. meetings and facility in-services.
6. Follows department, facility and regulatory policies, procedures and standards.
7. Assists with the training of new staff members.
8. Conducts self in a professional manner.
9. Performs other duties as required for proper operation of facility/department and as assigned by Supervisor.
10. Recognize your role as part of the QAIP (Quality Assurance Improvement Performance) efforts of your organization.
11. Attend trainings to build understanding and capacity to undertake QAIP work.
12. Carry out QAIP roles and responsibilities as assigned.
13. Follow established policies and procedures in support of QAIP efforts.
14. Look for and share with leadership ideas for improvement in the organization.
15. Communicate to leadership upon witnessing a positive outcome of a QAIP project of detecting barriers preventing project success.
16. 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.
17. 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. 
18. 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:

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

QUALIFICATIONS:

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