Mary Wade Home is looking for a full-time Dietary Aide to help prepare meals for our residents.

At Mary Wade you will experience a high quality professional culture focused on resident needs. We strive to deliver the highest quality clinical care with deep compassion and empathy for long term care and short term rehab. If you find meaning working in direct care in a medical setting, working in our skilled nursing facility may be for you. Additional training and support is always available.

Due to excellent patient to aide ratios, we take the time to talk with, and listen to, those we care for and do whatever it takes to get the job done. Our goal is to create moments of joy as often as possible. Listening to understand, demonstrating kindness, concern and tender loving care are part of our core practices. Stringent infection control guidelines are followed to ensure resident and employee safety.

Everyone is held accountable to these standards.

Our resident population is primarily seniors with varying levels of acuity.

For 156 years we have been serving the Greater New Haven senior community. We are a mission focused non-profit, governed by a Board of Trustees. Visit www.marywade.org to see our gorgeous campus and learn more about our services and history.

Hourly Rate: $ 16.00

Schedule: Full-Time: 40hrs/wk: 6:00am to 2:00pm with possibility of working later in the afternoon and evenings as needed.

Ability to work every other weekend

Job Responsibilities/Qualifications:

• Sets up tray and wagon for service of food to residents and staff

• Directs resident concerns, questions, and suggestions to Director of Culinary Services.

• Previous healthcare food industry experience a plus.

• Assists with food preparation

• Cleans dishes, utensils and trays ensuring sanitary condition.

• Obtains food supplies from store rooms.

• Reads and understands therapeutic break-downs, menus, individual diet codes and tray cards.

• Operates kitchen machinery in accordance with standards and procedures.

• Assists with setup for meal service on resident units. Set up includes preparing all food items and all items needed for meal service, plates, utensils, special equipment needed and all adaptive equipment.

• Prepares desserts, special resident requests and items needed for meal service on units. Separates and make sure all items on menus are on units or in cool check containers.

• To complete dish room assignments as needed

• This position will float to the dietary department at Chatham Place, our Assisted Living community.

• Keeps store room in order and puts away stock.

  Benefits

• We’re proud to offer health plans through ConnectiCare, a leading health insurer with award-winning customer service and in-person help around the state. ConnectiCare has an extensive network of providers delivering high-quality care (state, regional, and national coverage), and 100% of Connecticut hospitals are in-network.

• Affordable healthcare! Pay only 12 to 18 percent of the monthly premium with Mary Wade covering the majority of the Connecticare health insurance premium. Dental and Vision are also offered at very low rates.

• Life struggles causing stress? We understand that mental health support is a priority in the healthcare industry which is why we provide our Employee Assistance Program at no cost. Get support immediately and long term with 24/7 access to practitioners. Many other wellness services also available.

• Want to get a degree or earn job related credentials? Our Tuition Reimbursement benefit helps cover the costs.

• Secure your future with our 403b Retirement Plan. Save with our 50% matching dollar program.

• Annual Uniform Allowance of $50 annually.

• Employee Assisted Housing Program for purchase of home in Fair Haven

• Opportunity for career growth

• Weekly Payroll

• Breaks and meal time are PAID time!

• Beautiful garden for outdoor lunch and breaks

• Benefit partners offering identity theft protection, prepaid legal services, AFLAC, Verizon discounts

• Free parking on-site and located near New Haven Bus Line

  What you can expect at Mary Wade?

• Highly skilled leadership that coach you to grow your skills and knowledge

• Fair-minded management that wants to see you succeed

• Excellent orientation, on-boarding and continuous skill development

• Cutting edge Alzheimer’s and Dementia Training

• Open door culture – speak to leadership anytime

• A clean, safe work environment - we are proud of our safety record!

• A reputation you can be proud to represent - we deliver the highest quality medical services!

  Visit www.marywade.org to learn more. Applications may be completed in person at our facility.

  We look forward to reviewing your credentials!

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