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Dietary Aide Part Time

ExcelCare at Wayne
Wayne, NJ Part Time
POSTED ON 12/16/2025 CLOSED ON 1/14/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dietary Aide Part Time position at ExcelCare at Wayne?

Dietary Aide at ExcelCare Wayne

The Dietary Aide assists with meal preparation, dining room assistance, dishwashing and cleaning of kitchen. Assists in the kitchen area prior to, during, and after meals are served to the patients, staff and community patrons. Assists in maintaining the kitchen work areas, and keeping equipment, utensils and serving areas clean and orderly.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Assists cooks with meal preparation, as directed.
  • Washes hands before handling food to be served, before touching clean dishes and utensils, and after touching anything soiled.
  • Carries out certain duties routinely without direction such as wrapping silverware and filling condiment containers in the dining room.
  • Helps prepare, portion, wrap, cover, and refrigerate food for meal(s) assigned; for example bags bread, dips jelly/fruit/desserts, makes toast, pours juice and milk, makes coffee/tea, etc.
  • Sets up trays and serving carts according to established procedures, delivers to unit(s), and notifies Nursing.
  • Helps clear trays from dining room returned tray cart(s) scraping waste into trash cans.
  • Uses food preparation equipment properly, cleans and stores appropriately, and reports repairs needed.
  • Helps keep kitchen floor dry, wiping or mopping up spills, immediately.
  • Helps stocks supply shelves in storage area and may help check in deliveries.
  • Attends mandatory in-service education meetings and applies information to job tasks.
  • Reports any evidence of pests or rodents in kitchen area to Dietary Manager.
  • Maintains exemplary customer service principles for efficient food preparation and delivery.


Assures personal compliance to all state and federal regulations including blood borne pathogens, infection control, use of hazardous materials, and fire safety.

Assures personal compliance to patient’s rights.

Complies with schedule as established by Dietary Manager.

Other duties as may be assigned.

Job Requirements

Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Experience: Minimum 1 year previous kitchen or food service preparation, experience required, in a nursing home environment, preferred.

  • Self Motivated.
  • Ability to stock merchandise: shelving; ability to place products, weighing up to 45 pounds, etc.
  • Regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach, push, pull, lift, carry and walk about the store


Excel Care at Wayne is a Kosher Style kitchen. Experience working in a Kosher Style kitchen is a plus, but not necessary

COME JOIN OUR AMAZING TEAM OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS IN A MEANINGFUL WORK ENVIRONMENT!!

Excellent Benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

NEW EMPLOYEES WILL BE ENTITLED TO A COMPLEMENTARY CELL PHONE!

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$18.00 to $22.00
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