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** Catering Associate at AdventHealth**
**Date Posted:** 3/2/2022 **Location:**
**Job Description**
Description
**Catering Associate** ** AdventHealth Waterman**
**Location Address:** 1000 Waterman Way Tavares, Florida 32778
**Top Reasons to Work At AdventHealth Waterman**
* Competitive Pay
* State of the art unit with Pod Structure
* Career growth and advancement potential
* High quality of life with low cost of living just outside of Orlando, Florida
**Work Hours/Shift:**
Full Time (Flexible Schedule)
**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.
* 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.
* Wears name tag identification.
* Adheres to facility confidentiality and patients rights policy as outlined in the facilitys 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 departments 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 facilitys protocols for Hazardous Materials and Waste Program.
* Adheres to Emergency Preparedness Program. Participates in disaster drills, as appropriate.
* Adheres to Life Safety Program and participates in fire drills as appropriate.
* Responds to utility failures following department guidelines.
* Participates and attends departmental meetings and staff development programs, as appropriate.
* Exhibits pleasant and cheerful demeanor and maintains a helpful attitude towards employees, physicians, patients, and visitors.
* Reads and complies with all policies and procedures of Morrison and Compass as appropriate.
* Performs other tasks as may be assigned.
Qualifications
**What You Will Need:**
* High school diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience.
* Customer service experience
**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.