Dietary worker vs cook/dietary aide

Differences between dietary worker and cook/dietary aide duties and responsibilities

Dietary worker example responsibilities.

• Job duties consist of delivering food trays to patients, maintaining a clean and sanitary work space, and restocking products.
• Prepare and provide healthy meal to patients according to their nutritional requirement.
• Assist with planning and directing food preparation and culinary activities along with safely handling and storing all products appropriately.
• Experience in operating a heavy duty dishwasher
• Stack washable items for dishwasher and operate dishwasher according to department guidelines.
• Distribute meals, help with cleanup and adhere to hospital sanitation policies.

Cook/dietary aide example responsibilities.

• Manage the POS system (adding/deleting specials, editing prices, viewing server appetizer/dessert sales and their server report information).
• Maintain kitchen cleanliness and quality standards base on federal guidelines for license long-term care facilities.
• Assist residents with menus, questions, complaints and concerns, with compassion.
• Cook with close attention to dietary concerns, including allergies, diabetes, and kosher diets.
• Inventory and restocking, cleaning, communicating with healthcare professionals about dietary needs (such as allergies )
• Clean and operate ovens, grills, vats, boilers, tilt skillets, meat slicers, mixers and stovetops.
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