Dietary Assistant

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Family leave

Job summary

HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a Dietary Assistant to verify patient diet orders, pass meals and nourishments, and support the dietary services team.

Under supervision, you will perform food service duties, maintain sanitation, and follow safety guidelines while delivering high levels of customer service to patients, staff and visitors. Strong communication skills and basic computer literacy are essential.

Qualifications

• Verify patient diet orders and deliver meals and nourishments.
• Read and communicate clearly with patients and staff.
• Maintain sanitation and dish-room duties as assigned.
• English literacy and basic computer skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Verify patient diet orders and pass food trays.
• Pass nourishments and meals to patients as directed.
• Perform sanitation and dish-room duties.
• Provide consistent customer service to patients, staff and visitors.
• Follow safety and sanitation guidelines for food handling.

Skills

Effective communication

Food handling

Safety & sanitation

Therapeutic diets

English literacy

Customer service

Job description

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Dietary Assistant? At HCA Florida Memorial Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Responsible for verifying patient diet orders, passing food trays to patients, and passingnourishments. Under direct supervision of the Supervisor and Patient Service Mgr., the dietary assistant performs a variety of food service duties for patients, employees, medical staff, and visitors. Completes assigned sanitation, dish roomdutiesand other related tasks. Effective communication skills oral and written required.

Maintainhighlevel of customer service at all times.Mustbe knowledgeable in food handling, safety and sanitationand befamiliar with therapeutic diets. Able to read and write English with computer skills preferred. Strong customer service skillspreferred.

Benefits

HCA Florida Memorial Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Memorial Hospital has provided quality healthcare services since 1969, giving patients access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. With more than 50 years of pioneering healthcare, our 450+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities. We offer a range of services for our patients, including 24-hour emergency care at three different locations and a Level II trauma center. Other specialized programs include our accredited Chest Pain Center, certified Stroke Center, Heart Center, Bone and Joint Center, maternity center and much more. Memorial has received the Gold Seal of Approval for Primary Stroke Centers and is sepsis-certified by the Joint Commission.

At Memorial Hospital, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our Jacksonville community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.