AdventHealth

Catering Associates Full Time

Posted on: 17 Jan 2021

Deland, FL

Job Description

Job Description

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Catering Associate Full Time AdventHealth Deland

Location Address:701 W Plymouth Ave, DeLand, FL 32720

Top Reasons To Work At AdventHealth DeLand

* Career growth and advancement potential
* High quality of life with low cost of living just outside of Orlando, Florida

Work Hours/Shift:

Full Time, 7am-7pm and rotating weekends

You Will Be Responsible For:

* Exhibits a friendly, caring attitude to patients when introducing the Catering to You program, 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 on tray tickets in a timely and accurate manner
* Interacts with Nursing to ensure patients diet prescriptions are accurate, and patients food needs are met
* Completes catering rounds after passing trays to inquire if patient needs anything else
* Retrieves trays from patients rooms shortly after completing round
* 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 facilitys HIPAA policies and procedures
* Follows HACCP guidelines when assembling and distributing food supplies to ensure quality and safety of food supply
* Exhibits pleasant and cheerful demeanor and maintains a helpful attitude towards employees, physicians, patients, and visitors=

Qualifications
What will you need?

* Up to one month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
* High school diploma or GED preferred

Job Summary:

Responsible for patient food service on assigned units, e.g., menu selections, tray assembly, tray delivery and pick up, special requests and needs, in-between meal food delivery.

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.

AdventHealth

Altamonte Springs, FL

We are one of the largest faith-based health care providers in the United States. For 150 years, we have carried on a tradition of providing whole-person care that not only addresses patients' physical ailments, but also supports their emotional and spiritual well-being. We demonstrate the same level of compassion and care for our employees as well, doing all that we can to help them realize their full potential – both personally and professionally.

AdventHealth is comprised of more than 82,000 employees and physicians nationwide who share a common purpose, are united in mission and deliver whole person care – care that treats the body, mind and spirit. Our health care system finds its roots in the heritage and continuing ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which has a 150-year legacy of innovative health care services.

Throughout the United States, our system has more than 40 outstanding hospital-anchored markets in nine states, and our team delivers care to about 25,000 people a day.

Each of our employees is a valued member of our team. They play an important role in ensuring every person we serve is treated with uncommon compassion, feels connected throughout their experience, receives exceptional care, trusts us as reliable, and ultimately, feels whole because of their engagement with us. Everyone deserves this kind of experience and this is our promise – it’s how we live out our mission.