Patient Diet & Nutrition Services Aide

Aramark Corporation; Ashtabula, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 14,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark is seeking a Patient Services Worker to support hospital and long-term care dietary services, coordinating between patients, the Food and Nutrition Services Department, and Nursing Services to ensure accurate diet orders and follow-through.

You will deliver patient trays, provide nourishments, and communicate patient food needs while maintaining sanitation and temperature logs. English proficiency is required; bilingual abilities are a plus.

Qualifications

• Must be able to speak, read, and write English.

Responsibilities

• Delivers and collects patient trays during meal service.
• Delivers nourishments and/or snacks to patients as ordered by physician/dietitian in a timely manner.
• Visits patients to introduce the services of the Food and Nutrition Services Department.
• May obtain food preferences/dislikes from patients and/or family members.
• Communicate all patient food needs to the appropriate area of the Food and Nutrition Services Department.
• Ensures that nutrition diet care orders are provided to the patient by offering appropriate menu selections.
• Maintains and adheres to all sanitation standards by following assigned cleaning schedules.
• Completes other sanitation tasks as assigned by the Supervisor/Relief Supervisor.
• Inventories and re-stocks pantries, refrigerator, and freezers on assigned unit(s).
• Maintains temperature logs for unit refrigerators and freezers.
• Understands therapeutic diets using established protocols and seeks assistance from Supervisor or Dietitian if an error is observed.
• Assists the clinical staff in ensuring all patients' basic nutrition care needs are met.

Skills

English proficiency

Job description

Aramark is seeking a Patient Services Worker to support hospital and long-term care dietary services, coordinating between patients, the Food and Nutrition Services Department, and Nursing Services to ensure accurate diet orders and follow-through.

You will deliver patient trays, provide nourishments, and communicate patient food needs while maintaining sanitation and temperature logs. English proficiency is required; bilingual abilities are a plus.