Dietary & Food Service Aide

TuftsMedicine; United States; Vor Ort; USD 32.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

TuftsMedicine seeks a dedicated Dietary Services Associate to support meal preparation, tray assembly, and patient nourishment across hospital locations. Under general supervision, responsibilities include assisting with menu planning, preparing meals for general and special diets, and ensuring timely delivery of meals and nourishments.

The role emphasizes high standards of sanitation, accurate diet order communication, and teamwork with dietitians and nursing staff.

Qualifikationen

• Food service experience.
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• One year in hospital food services.

Aufgaben

• Maintains and communicates accurate and updated diet order information through the system to ensure patients receive appropriate meals, nourishments and commercial enteral products in accordance with current diet order.
• Elicits patient information regarding food preferences, intolerances, likes and dislikes. Alerts the Clinical Dietitian to any actual or potential nutritional problems of patients.
• Assists patients with menu selection and writes and corrects regular and as assigned modified diets for patients. Responsible for maintaining high level of accuracy and appropriateness of patient trays.
• Delivers trays to patients, picks up trays from patients.
• Follows all precautions on patient units by donning and doffing PPE appropriately. Performs hand hygiene according to standards.
• Stocks nursing unit pantries with nourishments and dietary supplies, utilizing first-in, first-out system.

Ausbildung

High School diploma or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

TuftsMedicine seeks a dedicated Dietary Services Associate to support meal preparation, tray assembly, and patient nourishment across hospital locations. Under general supervision, responsibilities include assisting with menu planning, preparing meals for general and special diets, and ensuring timely delivery of meals and nourishments.

The role emphasizes high standards of sanitation, accurate diet order communication, and teamwork with dietitians and nursing staff.