Dietary Aide

Dietary Aide

Part-Time, Bargaining Unit Position Downtown Toronto Posted 4 months ago

Position Summary

Report to Manager / Supervisor of Nutrition and Dietary Services; prepare and serves food for the residents; maintain the highest quality standard of food production, cleanliness, and sanitation standard of work area and equipment.

Main Duties

• Prepare, serve meals to residents;
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation standard of all kitchen equipment;
• Notify Supervisor / Cook if food / supply inventory is low;
• Receive, label, store, and check food and supplies in proper storage areas;
• Prepare food, snack, and dessert for regular, texture modified and therapeutic diets;
• Ensure foods served are palatable and at right temperature with the right portion sizes served;
• Prepare dining areas by setting tables, filling condiment containers and delivering food to tables as necessary;
• Report safety hazards immediately to the supervisor;
• Clean up dining room, wash equipment, collect and remove garage from kitchen;
• Follow the assigned daily cleaning and work activity schedule;
• Attend staff meetings, committee meetings and in-service training as required;
• Assist in updating residents’ nutritional information as assigned;
• Assist in maintaining records for the dietary operation;
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Food handler certificate
• Institutional, health care, restaurant, or hospitality food service experience
• Or one of the following qualifications :
• students hired on a seasonal or part-time basis, who have successfully completed a food handler training program;

persons who meet the qualifications as cook; or

persons who have a post-secondary diploma in food and nutrition management or a post-secondary degree in food and nutrition

• Other education requirements are specified in the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021
• Experience working in long-term care / health care setting, institutional, health care, restaurant, or hospitality food service;
• Good interpersonal and communication skills;
• Bilingual in Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin) preferred.
• Able to lift 25 pounds.
• Able to pull / push 500-pound food warming cart.
• Long periods of standing, walking and repeated bending
30+ days ago