Food Service Ambassador

Avera McKennan Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Primarily days with rotating weekends and holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$17.75 $21.75

Position Highlights

Monday Friday 6:45am7:15pm; 72 hours 2 weeks

Every other weekend/holiday

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Coordinates the daily operations between production nonproduction and patient areas of the department. This position also assists the department in the clerical aspects of patient meal service through monitoring diet orders accurate menu processing and assisting patients with menu selections. The Food Service Ambassador will provide excellent customer service when assisting patients with meal ordering delivering meals and snacks and acting as a liaison to other departments regarding patient meal services.

What you will do

• Demonstrates knowledge and application of the CBORD Room Service Choice software system utilized for recording patient and guest meal orders.
• Ensures accuracy of meal trays and supplements including tube feedings.
• May round on patients daily to ensure accuracy of meals snacks diet orders and satisfaction with Food Services.
• Communicates with the staff/other departments frequently regarding diet orders situations patient concerns and patient requests and reports feedback in a timely fashion to the Patient.
• Demonstrates knowledge of food production nutrition and therapeutic diets.
• Delivers meals and/or food items into patient rooms in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Assists patients with meal setup as necessary to include but not limited to opening containers placing items within reach obtaining missing / extra food items etc.
• Picks up trays after the patients have completed their meals. Records meal and fluid intake in the electronic medical record.
• Completes documentation of stocked food items to track food cost. Completes assigned daily cleaning including but not limited to individual work area and storage areas.
• Strict adherence to safety and sanitation standards including but not limited to: simple food preparation food storage transporting items from the kitchen to various areas and meal service. Records food and equipment temperatures as needed by Health Department Joint Commission OSHA guidelines or as may be needed by law.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others hear understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education License/Certification or Work Experience:

• High School or GED Equivalent ; one to three months related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred Education License/Certification or Work Experience:

• Previous food service experience

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission vision core values and social principles to serve patients their families and our community.
• Promote Averas values of compassion hospitality and stewardship.
• Uphold Averas standards of Communication Attitude Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles laws regulations and standards associated with but not limited to CMS The Joint Commission DHHS and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying parttime and fulltime employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.

• Free health insurance options for fulltime single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan

• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement

• Career development guided by handson training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability Veteran Status or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application please callor send an email to .