Patient Nutrition & Meal Services Aide

Aramark; Chagrin Falls (OH); On-site; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Aramark is seeking a Patient Services Worker to support hospital and long-term care patients by delivering meals, nourishments, and nutrition guidance in coordination with the Food and Nutrition Services team.

The role requires delivering care with attention to diet orders, communicating patient needs, and helping maintain sanitation standards. English proficiency is required, bilingualism preferred but not required.

Qualifications

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

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.

Job description

Aramark is seeking a Patient Services Worker to support hospital and long-term care patients by delivering meals, nourishments, and nutrition guidance in coordination with the Food and Nutrition Services team.

The role requires delivering care with attention to diet orders, communicating patient needs, and helping maintain sanitation standards. English proficiency is required, bilingualism preferred but not required.