Patient Dining Associate

Hartford HealthCare; Meriden (CT); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare’s MidState Medical Center in Connecticut is seeking a Dietary Aide responsible for patient food service on assigned units, including menu selections, tray assembly, delivery and pickup.

You will work a 40-hour week split across two 12-hour shifts and two 8-hour shifts. Weekends are every-other, and holiday availability is required. A high school diploma or equivalent is required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Responsibilities

• Interacts with Nursing to ensure patients' diet prescriptions are accurate and patient food needs are met.
• Communicates any patient-related problems to appropriate personnel, promptly.
• Maintains a clean, sanitary working environment.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Location Detail: 435 Lewis Avenue-Midstate Med (10123)

Shift Detail: Shift is 40 hours per week split into two, 12 hour shifts and two, 8 hour shifts. Weekends are every-other weekend and holiday availability is required.

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues 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.

Serving our community since 1998, MidState Medical Center is a vibrant and progressive organization with a genuine concern for our patients, community, and employee's alike. We’ve earned top honors for quality stroke care, gold level recognition for organ donation, and employing leaders in the field of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation, providing the highest quality level of care.

Responsible for patient food service on assigned units, e.g., menu selections, tray assembly, tray delivery and pick up, special requests and needs, in-between meal food delivery.

• Complies with dietary restrictions on special, modified diets to ensure optimal food preferences are met within guidelines of diet order limitations.

Job Description

• Interacts with Nursing to ensure patients- diet prescriptions are accurate, and patients- food needs are met.
• Communicates any patient related problems/concerns to appropriate personnel, in a timely manner following departmental procedures.
• Maintains a clean, sanitary working environment

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent

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.