Patient Dining Specialist — Hospital Food Service

Tufts Medicine; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Tufts Medicine is seeking a Food Service Associate to support dietary and environmental services across locations. The role includes menu planning, meal preparation, tray delivery, and sanitation while ensuring regulatory compliance and patient satisfaction.

Responsibilities include maintaining diet order accuracy, assisting with modified diets, stocking supplies, and operating kitchen equipment. Strong interpersonal skills and basic math are required; High School diploma preferred.

Qualifications

• Food service experience.
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• One year in hospital food services.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and updates diet order information to ensure patients receive appropriate meals.
• Assists patients with menu selection and modified diets as assigned.
• Delivers trays to patients and retrieves trays from patients.
• Ensures sanitation and maintains temperature logs per regulatory requirements.
• Stocks nursing unit pantries with nourishments and dietary supplies.
• Operates kitchen utensils and prepares normal and special menu items.

Skills

Reading & writing

Interpersonal skills

Therapeutic diets

Sterile food handling

Knife skills

Operate kitchen equipment

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Tufts Medicine is seeking a Food Service Associate to support dietary and environmental services across locations. The role includes menu planning, meal preparation, tray delivery, and sanitation while ensuring regulatory compliance and patient satisfaction.

Responsibilities include maintaining diet order accuracy, assisting with modified diets, stocking supplies, and operating kitchen equipment. Strong interpersonal skills and basic math are required; High School diploma preferred.