Patient Dining Associate II

Additional Information About The Role

Do you enjoy working with patients? Do you enjoy delivering trays to patients? Great opportunity to come and work for Barnes-Jewish Hospital in the Food and Nutrition Department!

Daily Pay Available

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

Benefits Eligible

Must Be Able to Work AM & PM Shifts
Rotating Weekends and Holidays

Responsibilities

• Ensures that the patients receive the correct diet as ordered by the physician and screens food allergens and modified diets as appropriate.
• Assembles and serves the patient meals.
• Serves as a primary customer service representative from the Food and Nutrition Department for patients, families and nursing staff.
• This position also serves as a trainer for new Patient Dining associates.
• Must attain ServSafe Certification and pass Patient Dining test within 90 days.

Preferred Qualifications

• Has knowledge of all special/modified diets.
• Assists patients/families with meal selections by providing guidance based on prescribed diet order and diet/allergen restrictions.
• Reviews tray tickets, assembles meals, delivers meals and retrieves all soiled meal trays from assigned area.
• Maintains galley/floor stock/supplement par levels by calculating appropriate level of inventory for assigned units.
• Rotates stock and ensures all stock is properly dated or discarded.
• Demonstrates/teaches “Standard Work” Processes and all meal delivery Program standards to newly hired associates.
• Provides encouragement, feedback and mentoring to trainee.
• Communicates pertinent information to nursing staff, production staff, supervisory staff, and patients/families (such as meal delivery times, patient diet, special order requests, etc.).
• Demonstrates/teaches safe food handling, Infection Control Prevention, and basic computer software applications.
• Affords performance and provides additional training as needed.

Experience

• Minimum Requirements: No Experience
• Preferred Requirements: High School Diploma or GED, 2-5 years experience, Supervisor Experience, High School Diploma or GED, ServSafe Certification

Education

• High School Diploma or GED

Skills

• Knowledge of all special/modified diets
• Ability to provide guidance based on prescribed diet order and diet/allergen restrictions
• Ability to assemble and serve patient meals
• Ability to communicate with patients, families, and nursing staff
• Ability to maintain galley/floor stock/supplement par levels
• Ability to demonstrate/teach “Standard Work” Processes and all meal delivery Program standards
• Ability to communicate pertinent information to nursing staff, production staff, supervisory staff, and patients/families
• Ability to demonstrate/teach safe food handling, Infection Control Prevention, and basic computer software applications

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance*
• 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

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