PATIENT DINING ASSOCIATE/DIETARY AIDE (TEMPORARY)

Compass Healthcare; Saint Peters (MO); On-site; USD 24,108 - 25,485; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Compass Healthcare is hiring Patient Dining Associates for a temporary position in Saint Peters, Missouri. This role involves helping patients with menu selections, managing meal assembly, and ensuring compliance with health regulations. Candidates must have prior dining and customer service experience.

Work hours consist of 12-hour shifts, transitioning from temporary to permanent employment. A comprehensive benefits package is offered including medical, dental, and retirement plans for full-time associates.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and interpret documents in English.
• Basic computer and mathematical skills.
• Must be able to occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Help patients understand their menu selections.
• Manage tray tickets and assemble meals.
• Comply with regulatory agency standards.
• Assist dietitians with patients' dietary needs.

Skills

Customer service experience

Food handling skills

Basic computer skills

Job description

Job Summary

We are hiring immediately for temporary PATIENT DINING ASSOCIATE/DIETARY AIDE positions at BJC Saint Peters (10 Hospital Drive, Saint Peters, MO 63376). The position is temporary with a 12‑hour shift schedule (6:00 AM–6:00 PM) that alternates weekly—three days in week one and four days in week two. Prior patient dining and customer service experience is required. Pay range is $17.50–$18.50 per hour. This role offers a transition from temporary to permanent employment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Help patients understand their menu selections and work with nursing to ensure orders comply with nutritional requirements or restrictions.
• Collaborate with caregivers and culinary team to determine menu alternatives for patients with allergies, sensitivities, cultural, ethnic, or religious preferences, or when additional selections are requested.
• Manage tray tickets and assemble meals according to each patient’s menu selection promptly and accurately. Retrieve trays from patient rooms at assigned times.
• Comply with regulatory agency standards, including federal, state, and JCAHO. Adhere to facility confidentiality and the patient’s rights policy as outlined in HIPAA policies and procedures.
• Follow Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) guidelines when handling food, cleaning workstations, and breaking down patient tray lines.
• Follow facility and department infection control policies and procedures.
• Assist dietitians, such as helping monitor patients who cannot eat orally, are on liquid diets, or require a specific calorie count.
• Communicate problems or concerns with patients to appropriate personnel in a timely manner, following department procedures.
• Complete all daily, weekly, or monthly reports as outlined in Morrison Healthcare policies and procedures.
• Comply with federal, state, local health and sanitation regulations, and department sanitation procedures.
• Perform other duties assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and interpret documents in English.
• Basic computer and mathematical skills.
• Must be able to occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds, and maneuver and push food delivery carts.
• Prior patient dining and customer service experience.

Benefits

• Full‑time positions offer a comprehensive benefits package, including retirement plan, associate shopping program, health and wellness programs, discount marketplace, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and voluntary benefits such as critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, legal services, and auto and home choice programs.
• Full‑time associates also receive medical, dental, vision, life insurance/AD, disability insurance, commuter benefits, employee assistance program, and flexible spending accounts (FSAs).

Compass Group is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Certain positions may require Florida Level 2 background screening. Morrison Healthcare maintains a drug‑free workplace.