DIETARY AIDE

Job summary

The Dietary Aide is responsible for the setup, preparation, serving, and cleaning associated with all meal services in the home. They also assist cooks with basic food preparation and ensure food is handled according to safety protocols.

Job details

Home: Southbridge Kemptville LTC Location: Kemptville, ON Salary Range: Starting rate $22.53 per hour Position: Dietary Aide Status: Casual Vacancy, mixed shifts, days and evenings, 7am-3pm, 11:30am-7:30pm Southbridge Care Homes provides exceptional acquisition, management, and redevelopment services for long-term care homes and retirement communities across Ontario. Our mission is to maintain a best-in-class portfolio that consistently delivers excellence in care and services while ensuring economic sustainability. Reports to: Food Service Manager The Dietary Aide provides support to the setup, preparation, serving and cleaning associated with all meal services in the Home. Key Responsibilities: Ensuring food is handled in a safe manner, including proper storage and labeling Assisting cooks in basic food preparation Executing proper food service in relation to internal and external guidelines and protocols Serving meals according to Resident diet orders Washing, cleaning and maintaining the kitchen and dining room Knowledge and Skills Required: Mandatory enrollment or completion of a College Level Food Service Worker Program, meeting the requirements of the Ontario Long-Term Care Homes Act Possess a current Safe Food Handling Certificate Have a caring heart with a passion for serving others Passion for providing quality care to residents in a long-term care setting Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written Demonstrated ability to be a team player Additional Requirements include A negative vulnerable sector check completed within 6 months of start date. Completion of a 2 Step TB Skin test within the last 12 months of start date. We would like to thank all applicants for your interest in working as part of our team! Only those applicants selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted. Southbridge welcomes those applicants with disability related needs and those whom a need for accommodation in the recruitment process. Please provide notice of your need for accommodation to the hiring manager upon scheduling of an interview. At Southbridge, we care about your privacy and strive to protect Applicant Data throughout the recruitment process. To that end, information that we gather from applicants via job postings, is used solely for the purposes of recruiting and hiring.

What you’ll do

The Dietary Aide is responsible for the setup, preparation, serving, and cleaning associated with all meal services in the home. They also assist cooks with basic food preparation and ensure food is handled according to safety protocols.

Requirements

Candidates must have completed or be enrolled in a College Level Food Service Worker Program and possess a current Safe Food Handling Certificate. Additional requirements include a negative vulnerable sector check and a 2-step TB skin test.

Listed skills

• Food service · Preferred
• Food safety · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Teamwork · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Food service
• Food safety
• Kitchen maintenance
• Meal preparation
• Communication skills
• Teamwork
• Safe food handling
• Meal Service
• Sustainability Reporting
• Management
• Communication
• Food Services
• Packaging And Labeling
• Food Safety And Sanitation
• Food Preparation
• Long-Term Care
• Mantoux Testing
• Scheduling

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Food & Beverage
• Social Services
• Dietary Aide
• Health Associate Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified
• Dietitians and Nutritionists

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