Summary: Responsible for coordinating patient meal service; e.g., menu selections, tray assembly, tray delivery and pick up, special requests and needs for Dining on Call Program. Ensures employees are adequately trained and units are properly staffed to provide service. Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Responsible for Nutrition Operators, Workstation and Wait Staff Associates. Oversees systems and processes to ensure that the strategic and operational objectives of the Dining on Call service are accomplished. Assists in the selection and orientation of employees and oversees training of Dining on Call staff. Works with Nutrition Operators to ensure alternatives to menu as allowed on prescribed diet in accordance with food allergies or sensitivities, cultural, ethnic and religious preferences, when patient inquires or needs additional selections. Evaluates patient meal selection, tray completion, tray delivery, and tray retrieval process on a daily basis. Responsive to patient's needs at all times. Resolves patient concerns or complaints immediately and/or reports needed assistance to supervisor as appropriate. Complies with dietary restrictions on special, modified diets to ensure optimal food preferences are met within guidelines of diet order limitations. Oversees development and implementation of action plan within Dining on Call service, as appropriate. Coordinates and oversees daily and weekly activities/tasks performed by Dining on Call staff. Develops and posts employees schedules according to department's policy. Updates and communicates job flows changes of Dining on Call positions, as applicable. Interacts with nursing to ensure patients' diet prescriptions are accurate, and patient's food needs are met. Communicates any patient related problems/concerns to appropriate personnel, in a timely manner following departmental procedures. Submits all required documentation, reports, and logs in a timely, professional and complete manner. Visits patients on an assigned nursing unit or area and helps ensure that every patient is visited by a member of the management or professional team at least once during their hospital stay. Complies with regulatory agency standards, including federal, state, and JCAHO. Complies with federal, state and local health and sanitation regulations and department sanitation procedures. Follows HACCP guidelines when receiving, assembling and distributing food supplies to ensure quality and safety of food supply. Performs other duties as assigned. Associates at Eurest are offered many fantastic benefits.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees