Minden Medical Center is seeking a dependable, organized Dietary Cardex team member to support safe, accurate meal service for patients and visitors. This role helps ensure diets, preferences, and portions are followed while keeping service areas ready and presentable.
Key responsibilities include assisting with tray accuracy (diet kits, beverages, condiments, soups, salads, desserts), monitoring food quality on the serving line, responding promptly to patient diet requests and creating diet cards, operating and reconciling the cafeteria register, and maintaining sanitation standards throughout the cafeteria and serving areas.
Required qualifications/skills:
If you’re ready to contribute to excellent patient service, apply today.
Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage; 401(k); Life Insurance; Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options; Competitive Salary; and Paid Time Off.
You’ll start the day by having the cafeteria ready to open at 7:15 AM—morning beverages and breakfast items set, and the register drawer prepared by 7:10 AM. Between meal periods, you’ll reset the space by wiping tables and chairs, tidying the microwave area, and completing assigned deep-clean tasks.
As the day moves on, you’ll keep Grab-N-Go stocked, stage utensils and supplies for service, and open for lunch at 11:00 AM. You’ll stay attentive to voicemail messages for patient requests, document updates, and deliver items promptly. By mid-afternoon, you’ll close out register functions, complete the Cash Reconciliation Report and daily computer close-out, and turn in funds to the admitting cashier by 2:30 PM.
Minden Medical Center planted its roots in 1926, as a four-story building with only an x-ray department, one operating room, a room for tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies, one delivery room, 80 hospital beds and a strong commitment to quality healthcare.
Today, it has blossomed into a 161-bed acute care hospital serving a population of more than 70,000. It is the only hospital in the southern portion of Webster Parish. More than 1,600 people each month seek emergency care in our emergency facility. Minden Medical Center has more than 500 employees, including our off-site locations, with an annual payroll of approximately $27M.
