Patient Diet Services Specialist

Aramark; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark is seeking Patient Services Workers to support hospital and long-term care meal services. You will handle receipt, interpretation, and follow-through of patient diet orders, serving as a liaison between patients, Food and Nutrition Services, and Nursing.

Responsibilities include delivering trays, collecting nourishment, noting patient preferences, communicating needs, and helping maintain sanitation and temperature logs. English proficiency is required, 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.
• 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.
• At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.

Skills

English proficiency

Bilingual preferred

Job description

Aramark is seeking Patient Services Workers to support hospital and long-term care meal services. You will handle receipt, interpretation, and follow-through of patient diet orders, serving as a liaison between patients, Food and Nutrition Services, and Nursing.

Responsibilities include delivering trays, collecting nourishment, noting patient preferences, communicating needs, and helping maintain sanitation and temperature logs. English proficiency is required, bilingual skills are a plus.