Patient Nutrition & Dining Services Specialist

Aramark Corporation; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark Corporation is seeking a Patient Services Worker to support hospital and long-term care dining operations. You will assist with patient meal delivery, nutrition orders, and communication between patients, Food and Nutrition Services, and Nursing staff.

The role requires English proficiency and involves sanitation, inventory, and adherence to therapeutic diet protocols to ensure patients receive appropriate nutrition care.

Qualifications

• Must be able to speak, read, and write English.

Responsibilities

• Delivers and collects patient trays during meal service.
• Delivers nourishments and snacks to patients as ordered by physician/dietitian.
• 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 Corporation is seeking a Patient Services Worker to support hospital and long-term care dining operations. You will assist with patient meal delivery, nutrition orders, and communication between patients, Food and Nutrition Services, and Nursing staff.

The role requires English proficiency and involves sanitation, inventory, and adherence to therapeutic diet protocols to ensure patients receive appropriate nutrition care.