Hospital Patient Meal Service Specialist

Compass Group USA; Lake Forest (IL); On-site; USD 23,419 - 26,174; Full time

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Job summary

Morrison Healthcare, a Compass Group company, is hiring for Patient Server roles at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, IL. Positions include full-time and part-time schedules; shift options include 2:00 pm–8:30 pm on weekdays and rotating weekends 6:30 am–2:30 pm.

Prior food service or healthcare experience is preferred; ability to lift up to 100 pounds is required. Join a healthcare catering team dedicated to nourishing patients and maintaining high standards of service.

Qualifications

• Previous food service and/or healthcare experience is preferred.
• Ability to lift up to 100 pounds and perform duties requiring physical effort.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to operate hospital systems/computerized menus.

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 patients' menu selections on tray tickets in a timely and accurate manner.
• Interacts with nursing staff to ensure patients' diet prescriptions are accurate and patients' food needs are met.

Skills

Patient service

Food service experience

Healthcare exposure

Communication skills

Computer skills

Job description

Morrison Healthcare, a Compass Group company, is hiring for Patient Server roles at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, IL. Positions include full-time and part-time schedules; shift options include 2:00 pm–8:30 pm on weekdays and rotating weekends 6:30 am–2:30 pm.

Prior food service or healthcare experience is preferred; ability to lift up to 100 pounds is required. Join a healthcare catering team dedicated to nourishing patients and maintaining high standards of service.