Patient Server (Part Time)

Job Summary

Summary: Responsible for patient food service on assigned units including menu selections tray assembly tray delivery and pick-up special requests and needs and in-between meal food delivery.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Exhibits a friendly caring attitude to patients when taking menu selections delivering trays inquiring during catering rounds and retrieving trays.
• Takes patients menu selections prior to each meal.
• Complies with dietary restrictions on special modified diets to ensure optimal food preferences are met within guidelines of diet order limitations.
• Offers alternatives to menu as allowed on prescribed diet in accordance with food allergies and sensitivities cultural ethnic and religious preferences when patient inquires or needs additional selections.
• Assembles trays according to patientsmenu selections on tray tickets in a timely and accurate manner.
• Interacts with nursing staff to ensure patientsdiet prescriptions are accurate and patientsfood needs are met.
• Retrieves trays from patientsrooms.
• Maintains accurate and current information for each patient on assigned unit(s).
• Assists dietitian with monitoring of patients who are NPO on liquid diets or have a calorie count ordered.
• Communicates any patient related problems/concerns to appropriate personnel in a timely manner following departmental procedures.
• Adheres to facility confidentiality and patients rights policy as outlined in the facilitys HIPAA policies and procedures.
• Contributes to patient satisfaction goals by providing quality service.
• Complies with federal state and local health and sanitation regulations and department sanitation procedures.
• Maintains a clean sanitary working environment.
• Follows HACCP guidelines when assembling and distributing food supplies to ensure quality and safety of food supply.
• Completes all daily weekly or monthly reports as outlined in the corporate policies and procedures on a timely basis meeting all prescribed deadlines.
• Identifies and utilizes cleaning chemicals following directions recommended by manufacturers and per MSDS sheets.
• Utilizes equipment in performing job functions according to departments safety procedures.
• Follows facility and departmental safety policies and procedures to include incident reporting.
• Follows facility and departmental infection control policies and procedures.
• Follows the facilitys protocols for Hazardous Materials and Waste Program.
• Adheres to Emergency Preparedness Program and Life Safety Program. Participates in drills as appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Ability to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Computer technical skills to operate hospital systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.