Job Information
Hackensack Meridian Health Food Services Rep- Per Diem- Day in North Bergen, New Jersey
Overview
“Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack MeridianHealth we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another tosucceed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees areteam members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about howwe support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keepgetting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader ofpositive change.”
Come join our Amazing team here at Hackensack Meridian Health! We offer Scheduling Flexibility, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts and much more!!!
Serves as liaison between the patient, nursing staff and Food Services Department regarding meal selection, obtaining and recording food preferences. Collects menus and maintains on-going records of diet orders. Assures high quality meal service to the patient by checking each tray, at meal time, for accuracy and delivering meals to patients in a timely basis.
Responsibilities
Collects census and diet changes prior to each meal service. Maintains on-going records of diet orders for each patient.
Responsible for collecting all selective menus from patients on assigned floors.
Assists patients with menu selection or writes patients' menus as necessary using food preferences as a guideline.
Visits patients daily to ascertain likes and dislikes and meal satisfaction. Communicates any special problem to the Dietitian.
Checks menus for diet changes prior to each meal service to ensure accuracy for patients on assigned floors.
Tallies menu orders for hot and cold production, and transfers total figures to appropriate production forms.
Completes daily meal equivalency sheets and late tray logs
Reviews/modifies all meals for diet accuracy for patients on assigned floors.
Assembles daily patient food trays for assigned patient/floors by following patient choice selection as per allowable
Delivers assembled patient food trays on assigned floors and collects and returns tray at the end of patient meal.
Ensures delivery of excellent customer service resulting in positive and improving patient satisfaction scores for department and Medical Center.
Answers and records telephone messages for diet orders, diet changes, room transfers, etc. and carries out changes as received according to policies.
Prepares 'Special Nourishment Control Sheet' for all special nourishment labels.
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
High school graduate or equivalent.
Minimum one year experience in hospital Food Service Department.
Job ID 2024-144019
Department PMC-Patient Food Svc
Site Palisades Medical Center
Job Location US-NJ-North Bergen
Position Type Per Diem
Standard Hours Per Week 4
Shift Day
Shift Hours Day
Weekend Work Every Other Weekend
On Call Work No On-Call Required
Holiday Work As Needed