WAIT STAFF ASSOCIATE (FULL TIME AND PART TIME)
About The Position
The Wait Staff Associate is responsible for delivering and retrieving patient trays and delivering floor stock. The role supports patient satisfaction by providing timely, accurate, and quality service while honoring dietary restrictions, food allergies, and food preferences within the limits of each diet order. Associates communicate patient food concerns and nutrition needs to Food & Nutrition Services and Nursing, and follow patient confidentiality and rights requirements. The position also involves completing required logs, maintaining a clean and sanitary work environment, and complying with health, sanitation, food safety, infection control, hazardous materials, and equipment safety procedures. The role is offered in full-time and part-time schedules; days and hours may vary, with 12-hour shifts. The employer is willing to train. Pay is $16.25 to $16.50 per hour. Employees may occasionally need to lift or move up to 50 pounds.
Requirements
- Willingness to train.
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to perform the essential functions satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Responsibilities
- Deliver patient trays in a timely and accurate manner.
- Comply with dietary restrictions for special or modified diets and food allergies or sensitivities, meeting food preferences within diet order limitations.
- Deliver floor stock to unit pantries according to department policy.
- Complete required logs in a timely manner.
- Communicate and address patient food issues, concerns, and needs with Food & Nutrition Services.
- Coordinate with Nursing regarding patient nutrition needs or requirements and unit food service needs.
- Contribute to patient satisfaction goals by providing quality service.
- Follow facility confidentiality and patient rights policies, including HIPAA policies and procedures.
- Comply with federal, state, and local health and sanitation regulations and department sanitation procedures.
- Maintain a clean, sanitary working environment.
- Follow HACCP guidelines when assembling and distributing food supplies to ensure food quality and safety.
- Identify and use cleaning chemicals according to manufacturer directions and MSDS sheets.
- Use equipment according to departmental safety procedures.
- Follow facility and departmental infection control policies and procedures.
- Follow facility protocols for the Hazardous Materials and Waste Program.
- Perform other assigned tasks.
Benefits
- Retirement Plan
- Associate Shopping Program
- Health and Wellness Programs
- Discount Marketplace
- Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
- Voluntary Accident Insurance
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Legal Services
- Choice Auto and Home Program
- Medical insurance (full-time positions)
- Dental insurance (full-time positions)
- Vision insurance (full-time positions)
- Life Insurance/AD (full-time positions)
- Disability Insurance (full-time positions)
- Commuter Benefits (full-time positions)
- Employee Assistance Program (full-time positions)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (full-time positions)
- Potential paid and/or unpaid time off in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
