Patient Dietary Aide

The University of Kansas Health System•Kansas City, KS

About The Position

Patient Dietary Aide Acute Inpatient Rehab, Bell Hospital Position Summary / Career Interest: The Barista is responsible for making and serving beverages such as coffee and tea, and serving/preparing food such as sandwiches, muffins, fruit, or cookies. Ensures display cases are presented in an appealing manner to customers. The Barista explains menu items to customers, accepts orders, and handles payments. The Barista is continuously expanding knowledge of coffee beverage quality controls, preparation methods, and presentation. The position ensures a clean and sanitized work environment and displays a customer friendly attitude at all times. Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short preparation times. Reads food order or receives verbal instructions. Maintains patient diet orders, affectively communicates with nursing if any issues arise pertaining to a patient’s diet order. Contacts dietician on call when problems arise with patient diet orders. Prepares and cooks food according to instructions. Typically performs fast food cooking duties in preparing food items to be served to customers. Follows basic product directions for preparing, cooking, and serving of meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuff for consumption. Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment, measures and mixes ingredients, washing, and peeling, cutting and shredding vegetables. Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production and keep records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment. Cleans and sanitizes work stations and equipment following regulatory rules and procedures. Promotes effective teamwork. Displays professional behavior and positive attitude at all times. Adheres to organizational policies and procedures. Effectively manages hospital resources (time, supplies, equipment, etc.) Other duties assigned by supervisor or lead personnel. Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department. These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Requirements

High School Graduate or GED.
1 or more years of experience in a work-related position.

Responsibilities

Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short preparation times.
Reads food order or receives verbal instructions.
Maintains patient diet orders, affectively communicates with nursing if any issues arise pertaining to a patient’s diet order.
Contacts dietician on call when problems arise with patient diet orders.
Prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
Typically performs fast food cooking duties in preparing food items to be served to customers.
Follows basic product directions for preparing, cooking, and serving of meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuff for consumption.
Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment, measures and mixes ingredients, washing, and peeling, cutting and shredding vegetables.
Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production and keep records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
Cleans and sanitizes work stations and equipment following regulatory rules and procedures.
Promotes effective teamwork.
Displays professional behavior and positive attitude at all times.
Adheres to organizational policies and procedures.
Effectively manages hospital resources (time, supplies, equipment, etc.)
Other duties assigned by supervisor or lead personnel.
Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.