At Hilo Medical Center, a nationally-recognized "Top Performing" hospital, the Dietary Aide is a valuable member of our team. This position prepares special diet cold foods and assembles individual meal trays for patients on regular and special therapeutic diets and performs other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications: To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements. Please note that unless specifically indicated, the required education and experiences may not be gained concurrently. In addition, qualifying work experience is credited based on a 40-hour workweek.
Specialized Experience: One (1) year of experience preparing foods which included six (6) months in assisting in the preparation of special diets.
Knowledge Of: Methods of simple food preparation; methods, materials and equipment used in cleaning kitchen appliances and utensils; kitchen sanitation; personal hygiene.
Ability To: Follow oral and written instructions; understand basic diets; learn foods allowed for special diets; remember details of diets, orders, patient names and ward; measure food servings and serve food; work cooperatively with others.

As the Big Island’s leading providers of inpatient and outpatient care, the East Hawaii Region of Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC), consisting of Hilo Medical Center, Hale Ho′ola Hamakua, Ka′u Hospital, and the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, delivers a full range of services and programs. Our three hospitals include 290 beds and over 1,700 employees. Our medical staff is comprised of 250 physicians, physician assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, representing 33 specialties. East Hawaii Health is our network of clinics offering primary and specialty care. Hilo Medical Center functions as a Level III Trauma Center, which includes the second busiest emergency room in the state, providing 24-hour care and serving more than 50,000 patients annually. Hale Ho′ola Hamakua and Ka′u Hospital are designated as Critical Access Hospitals. To learn more about the East Hawaii Region, please watch our Video Yearbook or visit www.hilomedicalcenter.org, www.halehoolahamakua.org or www.kauhospital.org.

Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment examination, which includes drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, a tuberculosis (TB) screen. The cost for drug screening and blood draw for QuantiFERON and Titers, shall be borne by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

As part of the recruiting process for this position, external applicants (job applicants NOTemployed by HHSC’s East Hawaii Region) are required to complete a pre-employment assessment(s) shortly after application submission. If you are not an employee of the East Hawaii Region of HHSC, you will receive an email containing assessment instructions. We ask that you complete the assessment(s) within two days of receipt of the request. 

Must be available to work shifts, weekends and holidays as necessary based on hospital operations. Services are provided 24/7.

East Hawaii Region (Hilo Medical Center, Hale Ho’ola Hamakua and Ka’u Hospital) is a drug free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.