Patient Dining Associate
Patient Dining Associate
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Job Description
Overview
Responsible for communications between the nursing units and the Food Service Department in regard to patient menus diet changes and general patient services. Reads the patient menus to patients twice daily. Edits patient selections to meet restrictions associated with diet orders. Organizes and manages diet orders in a timely and effective manner. Develops menu tallies of special requests. Must be familiar with dietary restrictions on special modified diets to ensure optimal patient care and satisfaction. Reacts accurately and effectively to all changes to ensure efficiency. Assembles trays for patients and deliver meal trays to patient rooms and nursing units. Occasionally may also prepare salads desserts beverages and other miscellaneous food items.
Responsibilities
Patient Care Activities
- Demonstrates ability to assess agespecific safety issues for adolescent adult and geriatric populations as they relate to food.
- Exhibit communication skills necessary to interpret agespecific responses for adolescents adult and geriatric populations.
- Adheres to hospital and department policy and procedures on universal precautions and patient isolation.
- Demonstrates knowledge of modified diets proper condiments and related restrictions for diets based upon written test provided by clinical staff.
- Demonstrates ability to correct patient menus as prescribed by diet and in accordance with cultural ethnic and religious preferences.
- Communicates any patient related problems to appropriate personnel.
- Performs all diet office functions in an accurate and timely manner.
- Compiles patient census information tallies menus and calculates food quantities required for patient tray service.
- Takes telephone messages and relays information to appropriate person.
NonPatient Care Activities
- Maintains office equipment in working order by notifying maintenance of needed repairs.
- Follows Board of Health and department sanitation procedures and maintains a clean sanitary working environment in all areas of the department.
- Correctly identifies and utilizes cleaning chemicals used in the office following directions recommended by manufacturers and per safety data sheets.
- Accurately inventories and maintains necessary paper and other supplies to ensure an efficient Food Service operation.
- Adheres to medical center dress code.
Qualifications
- Six 6 months customer service or food service experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of common diet modifications.
- Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
- Current BLS card (CPR). Class will be provided upon hire.
PREFERRED
- Six 6 months to one 1 year healthcare food service experience or two 2 years food service experience.
Work Hours:
Weekend Requirements:
OnCall Requirements:
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
