Room Service Associate

Banner Health • Tucson, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Find your path in health care. Our team members make Banner Health a Great Place To Work®. Learn how you can join our dedicated team of professionals. This recognition reflects Banner Health's investment in team members' professional development, wellness benefits, and continued education. It highlights our commitment to advocating for diversity in the workplace, promoting work-life balance, and boosting employee engagement. As a Room Service Attendant you will be a part of a cohesive team that strives to achieve premier patient food services. You will support patient meal service which may include setting up tray work stations, preparing/portioning assigned foods according to correct quantities, and/or assembling patient trays. You may help with providing patient menus and meal requests, and collaborate together with Nutrition Techs and Dietetic Technicians. You may also provide patients with their meal trays, helping them open their food and beverage, and providing excellent customer service. This is a full time position and shifts run 12:30pm-9pm and does include weekends (generally have Tues & Weds or Weds & Thurs off). You will enjoy an additional 18% night shift differential for hours past 7pm, plus $1/hour flat rate weekend differential for all hours worked on the weekend. Banner offers free uniforms including one pair of shoes yearly. Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is nationally recognized for providing exceptional patient care, teaching future health-care professionals and conducting groundbreaking research. Also located on the campus is Diamond Children's - recognized for its specialized pediatric services including neonatal and intensive care, emergency medicine and cancer therapies. Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is a Level 1 Trauma Center, meaning we care for the most critically injured patients. The hospital is consistently listed among the nation's top hospitals in the prestigious Best Hospitals ranking by U.S. News & World Report. The academic medical center has earned Magnet Recognition becoming the only hospital in southern Arizona to meet the rigorous standards of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® for nursing excellence. The hospital's physicians are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. Our specialty services include comprehensive heart and cancer care, advanced neuroscience techniques and a multi-organ transplant program. POSITION SUMMARY This position provides patients with menu and/or patient meal service, receives and forwards patient requests and communication to Dietetic Technicians and Dietitians when appropriate. Provides patient meal assembly according to correct quantities. This position strives to provide patient satisfaction regarding food and nutrition services.

Requirements

• Requires reading, writing and mathematical skills.
• Skills and knowledge of nutrition services as typically gained through one to two years of related experience.
• For Banner Staffing Services (BSS) team members, the food handlers' card is required within 30 days of hire. For BSS team members in Tucson and Colorado, the food handlers' card is not required.
• This position requires effective interpersonal communication skills and a friendly customer service attitude.
• The work requires the ability to follow instructions and safety guidelines for working with cleaning chemicals, as well as the ability to learn and work with business computer software and point of sale systems.
• Requires the ability to learn food handling regulations and pass certification tests as required.
• Must have demonstrated effective customer service skills.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Understanding of nutrition services, common modified diets, and portion measures.
• Additional skills and knowledge in health care nutrition services preferred.
• Bilingual skills preferred in some assignments.
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Visits patients to obtain or discuss menu selections based upon dietary orders. Enters or records all daily patient meal selections and preferences for one or more patient units.
• Demonstrates appropriate judgment with modified diets, food and menu knowledge when relating to patients. Requests Diet Tech or Dietitian assistance when needed. Edits patient menus as required.
• Provides patient meal service which may include setting up tray work stations, preparing/portioning assigned foods according to correct quantities, and/or assembling patient trays.
• Delivers and serves meals while making independent judgments about special requests, snacks and nourishments.
• Provides excellent customer service on the phone or in person and resolves customer complaints effectively and efficiently.
• Maintains food handling and sanitation standards to meet licensing agency requirements.
• This position interacts with patients and families, other food service staff, nursing staff, dietetic technicians and dietitians. Requires the ability to follow a work routine, to work quickly and correctly while providing good customer service and maintaining dietary, food quality and sanitation standards. Resolves minor problems with patient menus and trays.

Benefits

• Banner offers free uniforms including one pair of shoes yearly.
• You will enjoy an additional 18% night shift differential for hours past 7pm, plus $1/hour flat rate weekend differential for all hours worked on the weekend.
• We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefit package for all benefit-eligible positions. Please visit our Benefits Guide for more information.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED