Responsible for patient food service on assigned units, e.g., menu selections, tray assembly, tray delivery and pick up, special requests and needs, in-between meal food delivery.
Requirements
- Exhibit a friendly, caring attitude to patients when introducing the Catering to You program, taking menu selections, delivering trays, inquiring during catering rounds and retrieving trays.
- Take patients menu selections prior to each meal.
- Comply with dietary restrictions on special, modified diets to ensure optimal food preferences are met within guidelines of diet order limitations.
- Assemble trays according to patient’s menu on tray tickets in a timely and accurate manner.
- May operate cash register/point of sale devise during serving periods as needed.
- Interact with nursing to ensure patients’ diet prescriptions are accurate, and patients’ food needs are met.
- Complete catering rounds after passing trays to inquire if patient needs anything else.
- Retrieve trays from patients’ rooms shortly after completing round.
- Maintain accurate and current information for each patient on assigned unit(s).
- Assist dietitian with monitoring of patients who are NPO, on liquid diets or have a calorie count ordered.
- Communicate any patient related problems/concerns to appropriate personnel, in a timely manner following departmental procedures.
- Adhere to facility confidentiality and patient’s rights policy as outlined in the facility’s HIPAA policies and procedures.
- Contribute to patient satisfaction goals by providing quality service.
- Comply with federal, state and local health and sanitation regulations and department sanitation procedures.
- Maintain a clean, sanitary working environment.
- Follow HACCP guidelines when assembling and distributing food supplies to ensure quality and safety of food supply.
- Complete all daily, weekly or monthly reports as outlined in the corporate policies and procedures on a timely basis meeting all prescribed deadlines.
- Identify and utilize cleaning chemicals following directions recommended by manufacturers and per MSDS sheets.
- Utilize equipment in performing job functions according to department’s safety procedures.
- Follow facility and departmental safety policies and procedures to include incident reporting.
- Follow facility and departmental infection control policies and procedures.
- Follow the facility’s protocols for Hazardous Materials and Waste Program.
- Adhere to Emergency Preparedness Program.
- Adhere to Life Safety Program and participates in fire drills as appropriate.
- Respond to utility failures following department guidelines.
- Participate and attends departmental meetings and staff development programs, as appropriate.
- Exhibit pleasant and cheerful demeanor and maintains a helpful attitude towards employees, physicians, patients, and visitors.
- Read and comply with all policies and procedures of Morrison and Compass as appropriate.
- Perform other tasks as may be assigned.
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
- Four Day Work Week
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
