Patient Dining Aide

Hartford HealthCare; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare's St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport is hiring a patient food service team member responsible for menu selections, tray assembly and delivery on assigned units. You will ensure dietary restrictions are followed, communicate with nursing staff, handle special requests, and complete rounds after meals.

12-hour shifts begin at 6:30 AM; weekends and holidays required. We offer competitive benefits and opportunities for career growth within Connecticut's leading healthcare

Qualifications

• Must be able to read and speak English.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic for meal portioning and dietary orders.
• Familiarity with hospital ADT or similar patient-care systems is helpful.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced healthcare setting and problem-solve on the floor.
• High school diploma or GED is preferred.
• 2 years of customer service preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for patient food service on assigned units including menu selections, tray assembly and delivery.
• Stocking patients' units and fulfilling special requests between meal delivery.
• Ensure dietary restrictions are followed and communicate with nursing staff.
• Complete rounds after trays are passed and address patient needs.
• Assist dietitian as needed and participate in staff meetings.

Skills

English proficiency

Numerical skills

ADT system familiarity

Problem solving

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427)

Shift Detail: WORKS 12 HOUR SHIFTS. FOLLOWING HOURS 6:30AM. -6:30PM WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS

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St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200 employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent's is the first hospital in Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare network, and is the system's second-largest hospital.

Job Summary

Responsible for patient food service on assigned units including menu selections, tray assembly, tray delivery and pick up, stocking patients units where needed, and fulfills special requests in-between meal food delivery.

• Responsible for maintaining accurate and current information for each patient on their assigned unit. Conducts patient food service including menu selections, tray assembly, tray delivery and pick up, stocking units where needed, and fulfills special requests in-between meal food delivery.
• Takes patients menu selections prior to meal service while complying 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.
• Interacts with Nursing to ensure patients’ diet prescriptions are accurate, and patients’ food needs are met.
• After trays are passed, completes rounding to check on patients and address any additional needs. Retrieves trays from patients once meal is done.
• May assist dietitian with monitoring of patients who are NPO, on liquid diets or have a calorie count ordered.
• Communicates any patient related problems/concerns to appropriate personnel, in a timely manner following departmental procedures.
• Participates and attends departmental meetings and staff development programs, as appropriate.
• Perform other related duties as required

Qualifications

• Must be able to read and speak English
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. May need to exhibit ability to compute ratio, and percent.
• Possesses necessary skills to effectively operate hospital’s admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) system and other computer-based systems, which manage patient-care records.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• High School Diploma or GED preferred
• 2 years of customer service preferred

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