Patient Diet Services Specialist

Aramark; Canton (MS); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Responsibilities include delivering meals, collecting trays, communicating patient food needs, and assisting with sanitation and inventory tasks on the unit. English proficiency is required and bilingual skills are a plus.

Qualifications

• Must be able to speak, read, and write English.
• Bilingual abilities preferred, but not required.

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 diet services. You will liaise between patients, the Food and Nutrition Services Department, and Nursing Services to ensure accurate interpretation and follow-through of diet orders.

Responsibilities include delivering meals, collecting trays, communicating patient food needs, and assisting with sanitation and inventory tasks on the unit. English proficiency is required and bilingual skills are a plus.