Patient Dining Associate II: Meal Service & Training

BJC HealthCare; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits Eligible

Daily pay available

Job summary

Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis is seeking a Patient Dining Associate in the Food and Nutrition Department to take patient meal orders and deliver trays. This role supports patient care and requires strong customer service.

You will assemble meals, monitor diet orders and food allergies, and work with nursing and food production staff. Must obtain ServSafe certification and complete required training within 90 days. This is a safety-sensitive position with rotating AM/PM shifts.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must attain ServSafe Certification and pass Patient Dining test within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Has knowledge of all special/modified diets. Assists patients/families with meal selections by providing guidance based on prescribed diet order and diet/allergen restrictions.
• Reviews tray tickets, assembles meals, delivers meals and retrieves all soiled meal trays from assigned area. Monitors galley/floor stock/supplement par levels by calculating appropriate level of inventory for assigned units.
• Demonstrates/teaches “Standard Work” Processes and all meal delivery Program standards to newly hired associates. Provides encouragement, feedback and mentoring to trainee.
• Communicates pertinent information to nursing staff, production staff, supervisory staff, and patients/families (such as meal delivery times, patient diet, special order requests, etc.)
• Demonstrates/teaches safe food handling, Infection Control Prevention, and basic computer software applications.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis is seeking a Patient Dining Associate in the Food and Nutrition Department to take patient meal orders and deliver trays. This role supports patient care and requires strong customer service.

You will assemble meals, monitor diet orders and food allergies, and work with nursing and food production staff. Must obtain ServSafe certification and complete required training within 90 days. This is a safety-sensitive position with rotating AM/PM shifts.