Dining Host PT - Proctor

Carle; Peoria (IL); Presencial; USD 21.000 - 34.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Carle Health is seeking a dedicated Dietary Assistant to assist patients with daily menu selections that fit diet orders and preferences. The role includes reviewing menus for accuracy, delivering meals, recording fluid intake and calorie counts, and managing on-unit kitchens and floor stock.

You will also maintain kardex records and report changes to dietitians. Join Carle Health to support patient meals, ensure safety and sanitation, and participate in department education as required by HRD

Formación

• ANSI Accredited Food Handler Training within 30 days

Responsabilidades

• Manages the patient menu process with high accuracy and timely submissions.
• Delivers and collects patient food trays per schedule and documents intake and calorie counts.
• Maintains unit kitchens, floor stock, and refrigerators with daily inventories and proper sanitation.
• Keeps kardex records up to date and tallies items for food preparation, including late changes.

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Assists patients with their selection of food items from a daily menu and alternate menu that fits the patient's diet order and preference. Collects and reviews patient menus for accuracy. Delivers food trays and snacks and picks up trays, records fluid intake and % eaten after meals. Passes snacks and provides floor stock to unit pantries.

Qualifications

Certifications: ANSI Accredited Food Handler Training within 30 days - Varies, Education: , Work Experience:

Responsibilities

MANAGES THE PATIENT MENU PROCESS

• 95% accuracy on menu audits per diet order and departmental policies and procedures
• Turns in menus on time
• 100% face to face visit with patient and/or family, evidenced by a random audit (likes and dislikes known and reported to team)
• Attends meetings and/or read minutes to be aware of information given at food-tech meetings
• Attends 6-8 hours of Carle Health or department education per HRD guidelines

DELIVERS AND COLLECTS PATIENT FOOD TRAYS PER DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

• Delivers trays to patient's bedside per Delivery Schedule
• Delivers nourishments to patient or makes arrangements for patient to receive
• Documents 100% of patients intake and fluid intake on patient's record
• Documents 100% of calorie count intakes, researching when not completed, turn in to dietitians daily
• Delivers late trays of special orders/requests/changes in orders as needed

MAINTAINS UNIT KITCHENS, FLOOR STOCK, AND REFRIGERATORS

• Inventories and distributes floor stock daily, according to established deadlines
• Rotates floor stock and maintains light housekeeping of refrigerators, counters, and drawers on the nursing units and other designated lounges or pantries
• Documents refrigerator temperatures daily and ensures the receipt of documentation for Quality Improvement each month
• Maintains and ensures a safe, clean, sanitary and organized environment utilizing gloves, hairnets, proper cleaning materials, proper temperatures for food service (cold and hot foods), etc.

MANAGES INFORMATION IN THE OFFICE

• Keeps manual kardexes up to date with daily/hourly changes from the doctor's orders, patients' requests, and dietitians' orders. Manual kardexes include the floor kardexes and the nourishment record
• Tallies all items for food preparation by established deadlines to include foods that are not on the menu or the alternate menu using tally forms, including all late additions, changes or discharges
• Follows the write-in procedure daily

About Us

Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. At Carle Health, we're committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and our communities. Find it all at Carle Health.

Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We’ve grown to include eight, award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. We’re developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: [e-mail].

Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $15.39per hour - $24.93per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model.Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.