Patient Nutrition Services Aide — Diet Orders & Care Liaison

Aramark; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark is seeking a Patient Services Worker to support hospital and long-term care nutrition services. You will coordinate patient diet orders with nursing, deliver meals and snacks, and ensure accurate communication of patient needs to the Food and Nutrition Services Department.

You will assist in maintaining sanitation standards, stocking units, and tracking temperature logs while supporting clinical staff in meeting patients\' nutrition needs.

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.
• 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.
• 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

Speak English (reading/writing)

Job description

Aramark is seeking a Patient Services Worker to support hospital and long-term care nutrition services. You will coordinate patient diet orders with nursing, deliver meals and snacks, and ensure accurate communication of patient needs to the Food and Nutrition Services Department.

You will assist in maintaining sanitation standards, stocking units, and tracking temperature logs while supporting clinical staff in meeting patients\' nutrition needs.