Dining Room Assistant | Nursing Home | PRN
Dining Room Assistant | Nursing Home | PRN
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Job Description
Location:
Worker Type:
PRNWork Shift:
Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends (United States of America)Pay Range:
The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.
$17.25 - $21.25Position Highlights
Varied shifts as needed; PRNYou Belong at Avera
Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
A Brief Overview
Assist residents to the dining room serve food prepare food for eating interact with residents during the meal and assist in feeding the residents.
What you will do
- Check with charge nurse for residents on fluid restriction.
- Offer coffee or water for residents not on fluid restriction and pre-breakfast snack.
- Be in the dining room to place cover ups on the tables and assist residents.
- Assist with passing trays and set up trays as needed (cut meat butter bread - without touching the food).
- Assist with feeding residents
- Clean up dining room and sweep.
- Record intakes and place trays in cart.
- Visit and interact with residents in polite and pleasant manner.
- May entertain residents with games or activities.
- Assist residents out of the dining room and into their rooms if time allows non-weight bearing transports.
Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others hear understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
Required Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- Education of the nutritional section and feeding principles from the Dining Assistant Training
Preferred Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- High School or GED Equivalent
Expectations and Standards
- Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission vision core values and social principles to serve patients their families and our community.
- Promote Averas values of compassion hospitality and stewardship.
- Uphold Averas standards of Communication Attitude Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Work effectively in a team environment coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
- Comply with safety principles laws regulations and standards associated with but not limited to CMS The Joint Commission DHHS and OSHA if applicable.
Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability Veteran Status or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application please call 1- or send an email to .
Employment Type
Part-Time
