Snyder Village
Position Description
Position Title: AL - Dietary Assistant
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Reports To: DINING SERVICES MANAGER
General Description
The Dietary Assistant serves residents eating in the dining room and is responsible to set up the dining room before meals, clean up during and after meals and wash dishes. The Dietary Assistant is also responsible for setting up trays and mopping and sweeping the floor.
The hours of duty are as scheduled including weekends and holidays.
1. Be able to read, write and follow oral and written instructions.
2. Be adept in handling dishes in a rapid manner.
3. Prefer to have some knowledge of various tasks performed in the kitchen.
4. Be sensitive and courteous in dealing with the needs and feelings of older adults.
5. Be willing to uphold the mission and values statement of Snyder Village.
1. Prepares drinks and snacks for meals and refills juices in refrigerator.
2. Sets tables and trays with proper eating utensils.
3. Acts as hostess –takes orders and helps serve food to the residents.
4. Clears and clean dining room tables and equipment.
5. Washes dishes.
6. Works in cooperation with other staff, departments, residents, families and guests.
7. Refill containers on the table.
8. Adheres to all safety and sanitary regulations governing storage, handling and serving of food and utensils.
9. Use proper procedures for closing up the kitchen and cleaning before leaving for the day.
10. Perceives and reports need for repair of equipment by filling out a work request.
11. Empties garbage and transports it to the dumpster.
12. Follow Dining Services uniform policy.
13. Performs assigned cleaning tasks.
14. Reports any unusual request, behavior, or activity with the residents to the nurse in charge.
15. Make sure dish machine and other chemicals are filled as needed.
16. Reports supply shortages to the dietary supervisor.
17. When possible, assists cooks or assistant cook in food preparation, serving, and cleaning as needed or assigned.
18. Performs other and related duties as may be assigned.
19. Attends mandatory dietary in-services.
20. Attends Snyder Village In-Service meeting as required by dietary supervisor.
21. Meets on a one to one basis with dietary supervisor or assistant for an evaluation yearly.
22. Ability to communicate in English via telephone, in writing and verbally in conversation with different levels of staff, residents and their families and any outside customers.
23. Start and finish shift on time.
1. The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
2. Frequently required to stand and walk. Occasionally required to sit, use hands and/or fingers, reach with arms and hands, talk, hear, taste, smell and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance and peripheral vision and depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
3. Ability to utilize a phone when necessary.
4. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to blood and other body fluids, fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Experience in food service is helpful but not required.
Benefits:
It is Snyder Village's policy to provide its staff members with additional benefits. These benefits include paid time off, and affordable insurance, as well as many others.
Insurance Programs:
Health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance are available to all full-time employees. Insurances will begin on the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment.
Health:
There are 2 options for medical insurance, a PPO, and a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). The PPO offers a $1500 deductible with a max out-of-pocket of $4500. All preventative care services are covered at 100% by insurance. All generic prescriptions are a $10 copay. Most Carle providers would be in-network.
The HDHP plan offers $3,800 deductible with a max out-of-pocket of $6,100. All preventative care services are covered at 100% by insurance. Most Carle providers would be in-network. This plan also works with our Health Savings account.
Health Savings Account:
Snyder Village offers a health savings account through EPIC! If a staff member is contributing to the H.S.A. Snyder Village (SV) will also contribute to their balance. SV offers $0.50 for every $1 a staff member contributes up to $1300 per year.
Dental:
Dental coverage is through the Guardian network. Offering a deductible of $50 for in-network services and 100% covered preventative care services.
Vision:
VSP coverage is through Guardian but with the VSP network. Exams are a $10 copay with any in-network provider. Exams are covered once every 12 months, lenses once every 12 months, and frames are covered once every 24 months.
Basic Life and AD&D:
Any staff member who enrolls in medical coverage will receive $10000 in company-paid life insurance and AD&D through Guardian.
Voluntary Life Insurance:
Through Guardian staff members may select additional life insurance for themselves, their spouse, or their children. A staff member can select a policy for themselves in $25000, $50000, $75000, or $100000. Spousal coverage can be selected for up to 50% of employee coverage. Coverage for children can be selected for each child up to $10000.
Short-Term Disability:
Short Term Disability insurance is provided through AFLAC. The plan is designed to replace part of a staff members’ paycheck in the case of an illness, injury or surgery that prevents you from working according to the doctor’s orders. Staff members receive approximately 60% of their gross pay.
401k:
All staff members are automatically enrolled to the 401k retirement program through Empower on their 91st day of employment at 3% of their salary. However, Snyder Village will contribute and match an employee’s contribution by up to 5% on their salary. An employee is considered fully vested after 3 years of employment.
Paid holidays
Snyder Village recognizes seven holidays as listed below:
- New Year’s Day
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Easter Sunday
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Memorial Day
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Fourth of July
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Labor Day
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Thanksgiving
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Christmas Day
Any non-exempt staff member working on the holiday will receive time and one-half of their hourly straight pay.
Paid Time Off
Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time workers who work more than 20 hours per week. All newly hired staff members accrue up to 2 weeks or 80 hours of PTO.
Paid Personal Days
All staff members regardless of classification accrue paid personal days (PPD). Each staff member accrues up to 40 hours of PPD.
Sick Pay
Once a full-time staff member has completed 1 year of employment, they are given 80 hours of sick time to use for a serious illness requiring more than 5 days off from work.
Tuition Reimbursement
Snyder Village values the professional and personal development of our staff members. Tuition reimbursement is available for education expenses such as course fees, technical training, certification programs, or other needed resources. Reimbursement will also be provided for successful certificate completion, up to six-course hours per semester.
Scholarship
Snyder Village provides up to 2 nursing scholarships per year to staff members pursuing an RN or LPN degree. Snyder Village also provides up to 4 C.N.A. scholarships per year to staff members who are pursuing a certified nursing assistant degree.
