Food Service Ambassador | PRN

Avera Health • Sioux Falls, SD

44d • $18 - $22 • Onsite

About The Position

Provides excellent customer service utilizing the Avera CARE standards when assisting patients with meal ordering, delivering meals and snacks, and acting as a liaison to other departments regarding patient meal services.

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

Requirements

• The individual must be able to work the hours specified.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.
• These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
• High School or GED Equivalent
• one to three months related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Employees within the Food Service department who are employed in a PRN status are required to work a minimum of 36 hours per quarter (4 months).

Nice To Haves

• Previous food service experience

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates knowledge and application of the food service software system utilized for recording patient and guest meal orders.
• Communicates with the staff/other departments frequently regarding diet orders, situations, patient concerns and patient requests and reports feedback in a timely fashion to the patient.
• Demonstrates basic knowledge of food production, nutrition and therapeutic diets.
• Delivers meals and/or food items into patient rooms in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Assists patients with meal set-up as necessary to include, but not limited to, opening containers, placing items within reach, obtaining missing / extra food items, etc.
• Picks up trays after the patients have completed their meals. Records meal and fluid intake in the electronic medical record.
• Completes documentation of stocked food items to track food cost. Completes assigned daily cleaning including but not limited to individual work area and storage areas.
• Strict adherence to safety and sanitation standards, including but not limited to: simple food preparation, food storage, transporting items from the kitchen to various areas and meal service. Records food and equipment temperatures as needed by Health Department, Joint Commission, OSHA guidelines or as may be needed by law.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees