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Dietary Clerk

Dallas Regional Medical Center
Mesquite, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 9/14/2025 CLOSED ON 10/6/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dietary Clerk position at Dallas Regional Medical Center?

Overview

We are seeking a Dietary Clerk, sometimes referred to as Café Worker, Food Service Associate or Dietary Aide. The Dietary Aide will work in our hospital cafeteria, responsible for preparing, serving, and delivering meals, ensuring food safety and cleanliness, and adhering to dietary guidelines. They support patient nutrition, healthcare hospitality, serve staff and visitors, maintain kitchen equipment and inventory, and contribute to overall food service operations in our hospital. This position is on a per diem basis, meaning PD/PRN as needed. 

 

Shift’s Available:  Days 

Employment Type: Full Time 

Hours: 8-hour shifts 

Location: Dallas Regional Medical Center - Mesquite, TX

 

Here are some of the benefits of working at Prime Healthcare: 

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance options 
  • Paid vacation, sick time and holidays 
  • Bereavement leave, FMLA and other leave options 
  • Employer 401K options 
  • Tuition reimbursement options  
  • Life, disability, and other insurance options 
  • Many other amazing benefits 

 

** If you have experience as a hospital dietary aide (Food Service Associate) with food service in a healthcare setting / healthcare hospitality you are encouraged to apply! ** 

 

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but not limited to): 

  • Assists patients with menu selections; collects 80% of menus/patient selections in a timely manner 
  • Prepares late trays taking into consideration presentation, timeliness (within 30 minutes of request) and correct diet 
  • Schedules nourishments according to established meal patterns 
  • Updates and maintains Kardex/computer system with pertinent information for the service of patient diets and meals 
  • Checks tray line for menu and diet accuracy, correcting any errors that are discovered 
  • Heads and tallies patient menus or uses a computer system to check for accuracy in patient menus and tallies 

Qualifications

Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:  

  • AA degree in Food Science/Nutrition preferred.
  • One (1) year of healthcare experience working with modified diets preferred.
  • County Specific requirement.

  • County Specific Food Handlers certification required upon hire and maintained current
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    Employment Status

    Full Time

    Shift

    Days

    Equal Employment Opportunity

    Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf

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