Patient Meal & Nutrition Liaison

Aramark; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark in Plano, Texas is seeking Patient Services Workers to handle receipt, interpretation, and follow-through of patient diet orders in hospital and long-term care settings. The role acts as a liaison between patients and the Food and Nutrition Services Department and Nursing Services.

Responsibilities include delivering meals, gathering patient preferences, communicating needs, and ensuring sanitation and inventory tasks are completed, with opportunities to develop skills while supporting

Qualifications

• Must be able to speak, read, and write English. Bilingual abilities preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Delivers and collects patient trays during meal service. Delivers nourishments and/or snacks to patients as ordered by physician/dietitian in a timely manner. Visits patients to introduce the services of the Food and Nutrition Services Department.
• May obtain food preferences/dislikes from patients and/or family members.
• Communicate all patient food needs to the appropriate area of the Food and Nutrition Services Department.
• Ensures that nutrition diet care orders are provided to the patient by offering appropriate menu selections.
• Maintains and adheres to all sanitation standards by following assigned cleaning schedules. Completes other sanitation tasks as assigned by the Supervisor/Relief Supervisor.
• Inventories and re-stocks pantries, refrigerator, and freezers on assigned unit(s).
• Maintains temperature logs for unit refrigerators and freezers.
• Understands therapeutic diets using established protocols and seeks assistance from Supervisor or Dietitian if an error is observed.
• Assists the clinical staff in ensuring all patients' basic nutrition care needs are met.

Skills

English proficiency

Job description

Aramark in Plano, Texas is seeking Patient Services Workers to handle receipt, interpretation, and follow-through of patient diet orders in hospital and long-term care settings. The role acts as a liaison between patients and the Food and Nutrition Services Department and Nursing Services.

Responsibilities include delivering meals, gathering patient preferences, communicating needs, and ensuring sanitation and inventory tasks are completed, with opportunities to develop skills while supporting