Patient Dining Associate

Hartford HealthCare; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits program

Opportunities for career development

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare in Hartford, Connecticut is seeking a dedicated individual for patient food service. In this role, you will be responsible for menu selections, tray assembly, delivery, and ensuring that patient dietary needs are met.

The position does not require prior experience or specific education, but strong communication and basic math skills are essential. As part of an essential healthcare team, you will help enhance patient care and satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills to interact with patients and nursing staff.
• Basic mathematical skills for menu selections and dietary calculations.
• Ability to operate necessary computer systems related to patient care.

Responsibilities

• Conduct patient food service including menu selections and tray delivery.
• Maintain accurate patient information and comply with dietary restrictions.
• Interact with nursing staff to ensure proper diet prescriptions are followed.

Skills

Ability to read and speak English

Mathematical skills

Computer skills for ADT system

Common sense reasoning

Job description

Location Detail: 80 Seymour Street (10008)

Work where every moment matters. Every day, almost 40,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

Job Summary

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

Key areas of responsibility

• 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.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Education: None
• Experience: None
• Licensure, Certification, Registration: N/A
• Language Skills: Must be able to read and speak English
• Knowledge, Skills and Ability Requirements
• Mathematical Skills: 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.
• Computer Skills: Possesses necessary skills to effectively operate hospital’s admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) system and other computer-based systems, which manage patient-care records.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, or oral form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

We take great care of careers. With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.