Nutrit Svcs Hospitality Assist - Part time

$17,938 - $25,486/Yr

HH MedStar Health - Washington, DC

- Entry Level

Washington, DC

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

Supports the patient meal selection, service, and delivery process. Assists patients with menu selection(s) on assigned unit(s). Assembles meal tray carts for patient care units and delivers and retrieves patient meals trays and snacks to patient rooms. Provides clerical support to the Hospitality Service Office.

Responsibilities

• Assembles tray carts and checks with the Hospitality Service Office for new admissions or diet changes for assigned unit(s).
• Takes new menus and diet awareness cards to patients and returns to the office with completed menus.
• Completes requests for and delivers NOW trays/meals, discharged trays, guest trays, and isolation trays, securing appropriate unit nursing staff sign-off prior to delivery to patient.
• Inventories and stocks the hospitality cart and/or hospitality basket.
• Delivers bulk nourishments to unit(s) as requested.
• Provides clerical support to the Hospitality Service Office, including answering the telephone and following up on requests and problems communicated by the unit-based Hospitality team.
• Produces standard computer reports, including meal tallies, diet orders, nourishment labels, patient meal tray tickets, and patient menus using the computer system.
• Enters patient selection(s) and appropriate special food preferences for patients on therapeutic diets.
• Attends and may assist in departmental in-services.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of 3 years of directly relevant job-related experience may be substituted for the educational requirement.
• 6 to 12 months experience, preferably food service within a health care environment required.
• Ability to read, write and perform basic addition and subtraction.
• Ability to comply with basic oral and written instructions.