Job Position: Server
Location: Asheville, NC 28801
Pay Rate: $16.50
Shift:
Description: NEED EMPLOYEE FOR DAY SHIFT – YOU CHOOSE YOUR SHIFT FROM THE LIST OF OPTIONS – TEMP TO HIRE MUST BE AVAILABLE TO WORK ANY DAY OF THE WEEK
Summary: Responsible for patient food service on assigned units, including menu selections, tray assembly, tray delivery and pick-up, special requests and needs, and in-between meal food delivery.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
· Exhibits a friendly, caring attitude to patients when taking menu selections, delivering trays, inquiring during catering rounds and retrieving trays.
· Takes patients menu selections prior to each meal.
· Complies with dietary restrictions on special, modified diets to ensure optimal food preferences are met within guidelines of diet order limitations.
· Offers alternatives to menu as allowed on prescribed diet in accordance with food allergies and sensitivities, cultural, ethnic and religious preferences, when patient inquires or needs additional selections.
· Assembles trays according to patients’ menu selections on tray tickets in a timely and accurate manner.
· Interacts with nursing staff to ensure patients’ diet prescriptions are accurate and patients’ food needs are met.
· Retrieves trays from patients’ rooms.
· Maintains accurate and current information for each patient on assigned unit(s).
· Assists dietitian with monitoring of patients who are NPO, on liquid diets or have a calorie count ordered.
· Communicates any patient related problems/concerns to appropriate personnel in a timely manner following departmental procedures.
· Adheres to facility confidentiality and patients’ rights policy as outlined in the facility’s HIPAA policies and procedures.
· Contributes to patient satisfaction goals by providing quality service.
· Complies with federal, state and local health and sanitation regulations and department sanitation procedures.
· Maintains a clean, sanitary working environment.
· Follows HACCP guidelines when assembling and distributing food supplies to ensure quality and safety of food supply.
· Completes all daily, weekly or monthly reports as outlined in the corporate policies and procedures on a timely basis meeting all prescribed deadlines.
· Identifies and utilizes cleaning chemicals following directions recommended by manufacturers and per MSDS sheets.
· Utilizes equipment in performing job functions according to department’s safety procedures.
· Follows facility and departmental safety policies and procedures to include incident reporting.
· Follows facility and departmental infection control policies and procedures.
· Follows the facility’s protocols for Hazardous Materials and Waste Program.
· Adheres to Emergency Preparedness Program and Life Safety Program. Participates in drills, as appropriate.
· Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
· Ability to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
· Computer technical skills to operate hospital systems.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Both full-time and part-time positions offer the following benefits to associates:
· Retirement Plan
· Associate Shopping Program
· Health and Wellness Programs
· Discount Marketplace
· Identity Theft Protection
· Pet Insurance
· Voluntary Benefits, including Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Legal Services, and Choice Auto and Home Program
In addition, full-time positions also offer the following benefits to associates:
· Medical
· Dental
· Vision
· Life Insurance/AD
· Disability Insurance
· Commuter Benefits
· Employee Assistance Program
· Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)