Patient Dining Associate

Northside-Hospital-Inc.; Lawrenceville (GA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Northside-Hospital-Inc. in Lawrenceville, GA seeks a Diet Aide to support patient menus, diet changes, and general patient services. You will read menus twice daily, edit selections for diet orders, and organize diet orders to ensure timely fulfillment.

Responsibilities include assembling and delivering meal trays, understanding dietary restrictions, and ensuring accurate menu tallies for special requests. Flexibility for shift coverage is required.

Qualifications

• Six months of customer service or food service experience.
• Ability to read and edit patient menus and diet orders.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for communications between the nursing units and the Food Service Department in regard to patient menus and diet changes.
• Reads patient menus to patients twice daily and edits selections to meet diet orders.
• Organizes and manages diet orders in a timely and effective manner.
• Develops menu tallies of special requests.
• Familiar with dietary restrictions on special, modified diets to ensure patient care and satisfaction.
• Assembles trays for patients and delivers meal trays to patient rooms and nursing units.

Skills

Customer service

Food service

Job description

Overview

Responsible for communications between the nursing units and the Food Service Department in regard to patient menus, diet changes, and general patient services. Reads the patient menus to patients twice daily. Edits patient selections to meet restrictions associated with diet orders. Organizes and manages diet orders in a timely and effective manner. Develops menu tallies of special requests. Must be familiar with dietary restrictions on special, modified diets to ensure optimal patient care and satisfaction. Reacts accurately and effectively to all changes to ensure efficiency. Assembles trays for patients and deliver meal trays to patient rooms and nursing units. Occasionally, may also prepare salads, desserts, beverages and other miscellaneous food items.

Responsibilities

Responsible for communications between the nursing units and the Food Service Department in regard to patient menus, diet changes, and general patient services. Reads patient menus to patients twice daily. Edits patient selections to meet restrictions associated with diet orders. Organizes and manages diet orders in a timely and effective manner. Develops menu tallies of special requests. Must be familiar with dietary restrictions on special, modified diets to ensure optimal patient care and satisfaction. Reacts accurately and effectively to all changes to ensure efficiency. Assembles trays for patients and deliver meal trays to patient rooms and nursing units. Occasionally, may also prepare salads, desserts, beverages and other miscellaneous food items.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Six (6) months of customer service or food service experience

Work Hours:

6am-6pm

Weekend Requirements:

Yes- Rotating Basis

On-Call Requirements:

No