Patient Meal Service Specialist

Advocate Health Care; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health Care in Chicago is seeking a dietary aide to support meal service in patient care areas. You will prepare service lines, assemble patient trays, deliver meals to nursing units, and collect menus as needed.

You will follow HACCP standards, maintain cleanliness, handle supplies, and participate in mandatory inservice programs. The role requires frequent lifting, standing, and ability to work with minimal supervision. Training is planned over 2-3 weeks to ensure competence.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of sanitation and HACCP standards.
• Ability to prepare service lines for meal service and service customers.
• Ability to deliver routine food orders to nursing units.
• Ability to assemble patient nourishment.
• Ability to requisition supplies.

Responsibilities

• Prepare service lines for meal service and services customers
• Prepares patient tray line for meal service and assembles trays as assigned, according to accuracy and time standards
• Delivers routine food orders to include food carts to the nursing units
• Assembles patient nourishments as ordered
• Requisitions and stores necessary supplies
• Cleans and maintains areas as assigned; areas to include conference rooms
• Collects and disposes of trash from areas, non-patient areas to include food waste and recyclables
• Completes daily floor care as appropriate for hard surfaces
• Follows sanitation and HACCP standards and maintains organization & cleanliness of work areas
• Participation in self development by attending mandatory inservice and education programs appropriate to the goals and needs of the department.
• Attends inservice programs on equipment use and operation
• Attends inservice programs on proper procedures for cleaning patient and non-patient areas
• Attends all mandatory inservice programs Education/Experience Required: 2-3 weeks of the job training
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: Ability to prepare service line for meal service and service customers
• Ability to deliver routine food order to include food carts to nursing units
• Ability to assemble patient nourishment
• Ability to requisition supplies
• Ability to clean and maintain areas as assigned
• Ability to easily follow instructions
• Ability to communicate/respond to a phone.

Skills

Customer service

Meal service

Tray assembly

Sanitation

HACCP

Safety procedures

Job description

Advocate Health Care in Chicago is seeking a dietary aide to support meal service in patient care areas. You will prepare service lines, assemble patient trays, deliver meals to nursing units, and collect menus as needed.

You will follow HACCP standards, maintain cleanliness, handle supplies, and participate in mandatory inservice programs. The role requires frequent lifting, standing, and ability to work with minimal supervision. Training is planned over 2-3 weeks to ensure competence.