Job Description
JOB SUMMARY:
Introduce patients to VIP Room Service and assist patients with menu selections. Assemble, deliver and pick up trays for each meal service. Responsible for patient special requests and needs and providing food for meal delivery. Relay patient food issues/concerns to Culinary Services and Nursing. Interact with Nursing in regard to patient nutrition needs or requirements. React accurately and effectively to all changes to ensure efficient timing of services and accuracy of diet ordered by physicians. Know and understand dietary restrictions on special, modified diets to ensure optimal food preferences are met within the guidelines of diet order limitations. Provide quality service which will be evident by good internal and/or external patient satisfaction survey results on assigned units.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Experience in a health care environment is desirable, but not required.
LICENSE/REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION:
Food handler Certified
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
High School diploma, GED, or equivalent work experience. You must have the ability to read, write and speak English (or other languages as necessary), follow written and verbal instructions and complete simple computational skills.
SKILLS:
Strong verbal communication, reading and writing abilities are required. The ability to interact with patients and staff in a professional and courteous manner. Basic computer skills. Basic math skills.
The ability to prioritize work with minimal supervision, in order to independently carry out the duties of the position.
Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Basic computer knowledge.
About Steward Health Care
Nearly a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness. One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers with unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability.
As the country's largest physician-led, minority-owned, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients. Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world.
Steward is among the nations largest and most successful accountable care organizations (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through a closely integrated network of hospitals, multispecialty medical groups, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities and behavioral health centers.
Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates 33 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Steward Health Care is proud to be a minority, physician-owned organization. Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are at the foundation of the care we provide, the community services we support and all our employment practices. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.