PATIENT DINING ASSOC FT (12972)

CULLMAN REGIONAL•Cullman, AL

13d•Onsite

About The Position

This full-time position involves assisting patients with their menu selections, ensuring their orders meet nutritional requirements and restrictions. The role requires collaboration with nursing staff, caregivers, and the culinary team to accommodate dietary needs such as food allergies, sensitivities, and cultural or religious preferences. Responsibilities include managing tray tickets, assembling meals accurately and efficiently, and supporting dietitians in monitoring patients with specific dietary needs (e.g., NPO, liquid diets, calorie management). The position also involves communicating patient concerns to appropriate personnel, completing reports, maintaining a sanitary work environment, attending meetings, and promoting team behavior, exceptional patient experiences, patient safety, and quality.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
No previous experience required.
Six to twelve months' experience in food service industry, knowledge of recipe execution, and understanding of sanitation management preferred.
Ability to read and interpret documents in English, such as safety rules, procedure manuals, and operation and maintenance instructions.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Capacity to effectively present information in one-on-one and small-group situations to patients, families and associates of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute ratio and percent.
Aptitude for effectively operating hospital’s admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) system, and other computer-based systems, which manage patient care records.
Capacity to apply common sense and understanding and to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

Help patients understand their menu selections.
Work with nursing to ensure orders comply with nutritional requirements or restrictions.
Determine menu alternatives for patients with food allergies, sensitivities, cultural, ethnic, and religious preferences, or when a patient inquires about additional selections.
Manage tray tickets and assemble meals according to each patient’s menu selection in a timely and accurate manner.
Assist dietitians, such as helping monitor patients who cannot eat food through their mouth, are on liquid diets or have a specific calorie count to manage.
Communicate problems or concerns with patients to appropriate personnel in a timely manner, following department procedures.
Complete all daily, weekly, or monthly reports as outlined in the Morrison Healthcare policies and procedures.
Maintain a clean, sanitary working environment.
Attend and participate in department meetings and staff development programs, as appropriate.
Demonstrate and encourage team behavior and exceptional patient/guest experiences.
Uphold and promote patient safety and quality.