Patient Nutrition Aide & Diet Liaison

Aramark Correctional Services; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark is seeking a Patient Services Worker to support hospital and long-term care diet orders, serving as a liaison between patients, the Food and Nutrition Services Department, and Nursing Services.

You will deliver and collect patient trays and nourishments, obtain patient meal preferences when possible, communicate dietary needs to the appropriate team, and help maintain sanitation and supply inventories on the unit. The role may require lifting, extended standing, and use of PPE.

Qualifications

• Must speak, read and write English; bilingual preferred but not required.
• Physical demands include lifting, bending, pushing, pulling, and extended standing.

Responsibilities

• Delivers and collects patient trays during meal service; delivers nourishments and snacks as ordered; visits patients to introduce the services of the Food and Nutrition Services Department.
• May obtain patient 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.

Job description

Aramark is seeking a Patient Services Worker to support hospital and long-term care diet orders, serving as a liaison between patients, the Food and Nutrition Services Department, and Nursing Services.

You will deliver and collect patient trays and nourishments, obtain patient meal preferences when possible, communicate dietary needs to the appropriate team, and help maintain sanitation and supply inventories on the unit. The role may require lifting, extended standing, and use of PPE.