Room Service Ambassador

St. Elizabeth Healthcare; Florence (KY); On-site; USD 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health coverage

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Career advancement

Job summary

St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Florence, KY is hiring a Room Service Ambassador to join our Nutrition Services Team. This full-time, first-shift role supports patient meals with a focus on service excellence and compassionate care.

You will deliver and serve meals, instruct patients on the meal ordering system, and collaborate with the care team to ensure nutritional intake. The position emphasizes respect, dignity, and empathy in every patient interaction.

Qualifications

• Basic computer skills required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills expected.
• Customer service training and skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve meals to patient in a personalized, professional, efficient manner.
• Instructs patients on meal ordering system.
• Assists patient in placing meal orders.
• Assess the patient’s capabilities to utilize the meal order system.
• Communicates with healthcare team to ensure the patient’s nutritional intake.
• Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.
• Deliver and serve patient meals using service excellence standards.
• Utilize the AIDET model when interacting with internal and external customers.
• Demonstrate professional and courteous behavior.
• Resolve patient meal issues quickly and with a positive outcome.
• Introduce and assess patients to meal ordering system, be familiar with diet types and restrictions, recognize special needs of patient and provide assistance.
• Communicate positively with assigned nursing unit personnel to facilitate: proper glucose monitoring, appropriate menu delivery, timely resolution of patient meal concerns and special situations.
• Inventory, order and replenish bulk food supplies known as floor stocks on assigned nursing unit.
• Monitor and maintain effective cash handling and accounting practices regarding patient guest tray service
• Consistent use of proper hand hygiene, isolation procedures and hair restraints throughout the room service process.
• Role model clean, neat and professional appearance.
• Compliance with all local, state, federal and medical center regulatory, safety, sanitation and security standards.
• Participates in performance improvement (PI) studies, assist with data collection and supports action plans.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Basic computer skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Customer service training

Job description

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Job Type

Regular

Scheduled Hours

32

Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Benefits That Support You

Enjoy

• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Room Service Ambassador to join our Florence Nutrition Services Team.

Shift/Hours: Full Time 32 Hours, First Shift

• Serve meals to patient in a personalized, professional, efficient manner
• Instructs patients on meal ordering system
• Assists patient in placing meal orders
• Assess the patient’s capabilities to utilize the meal order system
• Communicates with healthcare team to ensure the patient’s nutritional intake
• Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description

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Service

• Deliver and serve patient meals using service excellence standards.
• Utilize the AIDET model when interacting with internal and external customers.
• Demonstrate professional and courteous behavior.
• Resolve patient meal issues quickly and with a positive outcome.
• Introduce and assess patients to meal ordering system, be familiar with diet types and restrictions, recognize special needs of patient and provide assistance.
• Communicate positively with assigned nursing unit personnel to facilitate: proper glucose monitoring, appropriate menu delivery, timely resolution of patient meal concerns and special situations.
• Inventory, order and replenish bulk food supplies known as floor stocks on assigned nursing unit.

Cash Handling

• Monitor and maintain effective cash handling and accounting practices regarding patient guest tray service

Quality

• Consistent use of proper hand hygiene, isolation procedures and hair restraints throughout the room service process.
• Role model clean, neat and professional appearance.
• Compliance with all local, state, federal and medical center regulatory, safety, sanitation and security standards.
• Participates in performance improvement (PI) studies, assist with data collection and supports action plans.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, Credentials, Licenses

• N/A

Specialized Knowledge

• Basic computer skills
• Strong verbal and written skills

Kind And Length Of Experience

• Customer service training and skills

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.