Patient Food Hospital Attendant - Food and Nutrition

Orlando Health•Orlando, FL

About The Position

Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies Located on the downtown Orlando campus, Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies opened in 2006, providing programs and services focused on the unique needs of women and newborns. Specialized care covers all facets of women's health, from comprehensive gynecological services and minimally invasive surgeries to obstetrics and high-risk pregnancies and births. The hospital is “Magnet” recognized for nursing excellence and high-quality patient care and is certified in perinatal care by The Joint Commission. Welcoming nearly 14,000 babies each year, the hospital’s 350 beds include 142 neonatal intensive care beds, making it one of the largest neonatal intensive care units under one roof in the country. As a sister hospital with Orlando Health Arnold Palmer for Children, the hospital was included in the 2021-22 “Best Children’s Hospitals” rankings by U.S. News & World Report, recognized for expertise in Neonatology, and, together with Orlando Health ORMC, was included in the IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® list for 2021. Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies is seeking Patient Food Hopsital Attendent. The Patient Food Hospitality Attendant is at the forefront of customer service, providing Orlando Health patients and guests with service above and beyond expectations to ensure a memorable food and dining experience.

Requirements

Ability to read and recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers.

Responsibilities

Displays excellent communication and customer service skills with patients, nursing staff and visitors
Responsible for delivery of the proper tray to the correct patient using proper customer service skills.
Functions as an integral part of the Orlando Health team to support the nutritional needs of the patient.
Responsible for arranging trays on delivery cart and logging delivery times.
Logs tray locations and ensures trays are delivered to patients within a reasonable required time.
Responsible for collection of money for guest trays and the logging of money with the diet office.
Responsible for collection and removal of soiled trays from floors and for keeping work areas cleaned
Coordinates tray delivery with the expeditor and with the diet office when necessary.
Assists with expediting trays from list and call preparation areas, checking trays for accuracy and completeness.
Monitors patient diet prescription, diet order changes, nourishment orders, late tray requests and quality standards.
Accurately takes and checks patient menus according to physician diet orders,
Adheres to patient’s food allergies, intolerance’s and food preferences in a timely fashion. Knowledgeable of nutritional meal patterns and able to modify diets accordingly with the assistance of the Diet Office System.
Models essential service behaviors, such as excellent communication and customer service skills with patients, nursing staff, team members and visitors, interacting cooperatively and constructively and communicating in an open, honest, gracious and compassionate manner at all times, including person to person, telephone and written forms.
Interacts appropriately with a culturally diverse population.
Follows chain of command when communicating departmental and individual concerns or problems.
Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.