Catering Associate Full Time AdventHealth Waterman

Location Address: 1000 Waterman Way Tavares, Florida 32778

Top Reasons To Work At AdventHealth Waterman

• Other Great benefits such as: Onsite daycare, educational reimbursement
• 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 patient’s rights policy as outlined in the facility’s 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=

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.