Summary
Location
Corpus Christi
Type
full-time
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About this role
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General Purpose of Job:
To perform a variety of patient food service by preparing patient trays and nourishment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
- Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
- Prepares special foods for regular and therapeutic diets as required by following individual patient menus.
- Prepares nourishment for patients as designated on nourishment sheet.
- Assembles prepared food on patient trays during trayline mealtimes
- Ensures all food items for meals and nourishments are prepared according to menu and delivered at appropriate times.
- Delivers carts to patient floors as specified.
- Prepares all “early” and “late” trays as required.
- Takes inventory of all nourishment food items kept in Nourishment Kitchens on each patient floor.
- Cleans refrigerators in Diet Kitchen on a daily basis, removing out-dated items and items not needed for the day’s menu.
- Replenishes beverages and foods needed on trayline.
- Performs special cleaning duties as scheduled.
- Attends all department and hospital in-services as assigned.
- Follows department policies and procedures for age appropriate diets and preparation of food items for patient trayline.
- Completes special cleaning assignments.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education and/or Experience:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
- Food Handlers Permit
Other facts
About DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN
DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HEALTH PLAN is a hospital & health care company based out of 615 N Upper Broadway St, Corpus Christi, TX, United States.
DHP is a non-profit, community based health insurance plan in south Texas which is part of the Driscoll Children's Health System. DHP products include STAR Medicaid, STAR Kids, CHIP, and CHIP Perinatal plans and covers 24 counties with over 6,000 providers and 230,000 members within the Driscoll network.
What you'll do
- The Dietary Aide is responsible for preparing patient trays and nourishment, ensuring food items are delivered according to menu specifications. They also maintain cleanliness in the kitchen and assist with inventory management.
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