Dietary Aide

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Job Summary: This professional will be responsible for providing balanced and specific meals to patients, transcribing diet charts, and performing production and hygiene activities. Key Highlights: 1. Provide personalized meals for patients 2. Prepare juices and salads 3. Participate in training on hospital diets Provide balanced and pathology-specific meals according to the institution’s standardized diets and under the guidance of a nutritionist, in addition to carrying out production activities. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Transcribe from the diet chart adjusted by the clinical nutritionist all necessary information to provide a diet appropriate for the patient’s pathology and habits; * Assemble and distribute various special diets intended for patient meals; * Prepare juices and salads included in patient meals; * Record patient acceptability on designated forms; * Clean dishes, utensils, equipment, and the environment, as well as maintain their preservation; * Restock water bottles for patients and control fluid restriction when required; * Monitor the entry and exit of dishes, cutlery, and utensils from the dietary service areas; * Perform other duties as needed or at the discretion of the supervisor; * Participate in training on hospital diets, types of isolation, among others. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Completed high school education; * Knowledge of hospital diet composition, food characteristics, behavioral posture, and hygienic-sanitary standards. The **SPDM** \- Paulista Association for the Development of Medicine is a non-profit civil association of philanthropic nature, recognized as being of federal, state, and municipal public utility in its headquarters city, respectively by Decrees No. 57\.925, dated 03/04/1966; No. 40\.103, dated 05/17/1962; and No. 8\.911, dated 07/30/1970. The Association’s primary directive is its integration into the health system focused on treatment, disease prevention, and promotion of primary, secondary, and tertiary health care, strengthening ties with the local community and reaffirming its social commitment to serve everyone without discrimination. With institutional growth, **SPDM** has been expanding its scope of action through projects currently underway in Social Assistance and Education sectors. This broad range of activities increasingly consolidates **SPDM** as a large-scale philanthropic institution seeking economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Thus, SPDM contributes effectively to the continuous improvement of services provided by Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS), aiming primarily to guarantee universality and equitable access to health care, essential for human and social development of citizens. Our commitment is to foster an inclusive culture that values diversity and empowers our employees to contribute their best. All qualified candidates will be considered for positions without distinction based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, race, nationality, or disability. SPDM is an equal opportunity employer for all individuals who meet the minimum requirements. We value the sharing of ideas, the development of a team-oriented work culture, respect for diversity, and inclusion. **MISSION** To deliver health care with excellence, free from prejudice, distinction, or classification of citizens. **VISION** To be recognized as the largest and most competent Brazilian philanthropic health organization. **VALUES** * Capacity building * Social commitment * Reliability * Entrepreneurship * Equity * Ethics * Humanization * Quality * Ecological, economic, and social sustainability * Tradition * Transparency **The Hospital** Inaugurated in 1978, the Municipal Hospital Dr. José de Carvalho Florence of São José dos Campos is the largest 24-hour emergency and urgent care hospital unit in the municipality. The Municipal Hospital Dr. José de Carvalho Florence provides 100% free SUS services. **History** Municipal Hospital Dr. José de Carvalho Florence began operations in 1978 with the inauguration of its Emergency Unit, then named “Dr. Carlino Rossi Emergency Unit”. Due to increasing demand and the need for continuity of services provided at the Emergency Unit, the Surgical Center was inaugurated in 1988, and in 1990, the first ward was constructed to support the Emergency Unit, enabling the unit’s first clinical and surgical admissions. In 1995, the hospital underwent further expansion with the construction of two additional wards and the Obstetric Center. In 2004, another expansion added yet another ward to the hospital complex. This unit was named “Dr. Campoy Clinic”. In 2005, the latest surgical clinic was inaugurated, and the following year, concluding this phase of the master plan, the Outpatient Clinic was inaugurated. In the same year, specifically on July 25, 2006, SPDM – Paulista Association for the Development of Medicine assumed management of the Municipal Hospital Dr. José de Carvalho Florence, with the objective of operating and executing the health services and activities of the unit.