Nutrition Attendant

Providence; Walla Walla (IL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Providence St. Mary Medical Center is seeking a Meal Services Representative to support patient food and beverage needs and collaborate with nursing and dietitians to meet nutritional requirements.

This role involves taking orders, delivering trays, removing trays when approved, and assisting visitors with guest meals. The position highlights the role of the Food and Nutrition Services team as the face of patient care, with a strong emphasis on service, compassion, and teamwork in a hospital

Qualifications

• National Food Handler Card - State County City Authority upon hire.
• 2 years in food service setting.

Responsibilities

• Attend to patient\'s food and beverage needs by introducing the food service program.
• Take patient meal orders and deliver meal trays.
• Remove trays from the room (if approved within the facility).
• Follow up with the patient to ask about meal satisfaction.
• Communicate with nursing about food concerns.
• Assist patient visitors with guest meals and beverage service.

Skills

Food service experience

Job description

The Meal Services Representative attends to patient's food and beverage needs by introducing the food service program, taking patient meal orders, delivering meal trays, removing trays from the room (if approved within the facility), following up with the patient to ask about meal satisfaction, communicating with nursing about food concerns, and assisting patient visitors with guest meals and beverage service. Meal Service Representatives are the "faces" of the Food and Nutrition Services department. Meal Services Representative work with the nursing, therapy providers, dietitians, and medical staff to find the best approach to meet patient's food and beverage needs.

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Providence St. Mary Medical Center and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Shift details: Part-time, 20 hours weekly, Variable shift.

Required Qualifications:

• National Food Handler Card - State County City Authority upon hire.
• 2 years in food service setting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 months in diet therapy

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

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