Patient Nutrition & Tray Service Technician

University of Maryland Medical System; Largo (MD); On-site; USD 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift differential

Job summary

University of Maryland Medical System on the Largo unit seeks a Nutrition Services Aide to support patient meals and diet compliance. You will communicate with patients, assist with menu selections, and help deliver and assemble trays according to diet guidelines.

The role involves maintaining unit kitchens, recording meal intake, and ensuring safe food handling while assisting in water service and tray counts as needed.

Qualifications

• One year of food preparation experience (preferred in large-scale institutional dietary setting).
• Sanitation and Food Handlers course preferred.

Responsibilities

• Functions as the primary point of contact for nutrition services on the patient unit.
• Distributes, assists, collects and corrects patient menu selections.
• Delivers patient trays to floors using Meal Delivery Carts.
• Assembles Meal Trays according to patient selections and diet guidelines.
• Passes meal trays and nourishments with two patient identifiers and collects trays, including isolation patients.
• Fills patient requests and retrieves missing items for delivery to patients.
• Records intake for patients on I&O or caloric counts.
• Maintains unit kitchens and cleans kitchens and refrigerators.

Job description

University of Maryland Medical System on the Largo unit seeks a Nutrition Services Aide to support patient meals and diet compliance. You will communicate with patients, assist with menu selections, and help deliver and assemble trays according to diet guidelines.

The role involves maintaining unit kitchens, recording meal intake, and ensuring safe food handling while assisting in water service and tray counts as needed.