Job Title: Catering Associate
Department: Food and Nutrition Services
Location: Canton-Potsdam Hospital
Hours Per Week: 22.5
Schedule: each shift is normally 12.5 hours, scheduled between 6am and 7pm, includes coverage for weekend shifts
 

Responsible for patient food service on assigned units, to include menu selections, tray assembly, tray delivery and pickup, special requests and needs, and in-between meal food delivery.

1.  (20%)    Takes patient menu selections prior to each meal, complying with dietary restrictions on special, modified diets to ensure optimal food preferences are met within guidelines of diet order limitations and offering alternates to menu as allowed to accommodate food allergies and cultural, ethnic and religious preferences.

2. (10%)    Assembles trays according to patient menu on tray tickets in a timely and accurate manner.

3. (10%)     Interacts with Nursing to ensure patient diet prescriptions are accurate and patients food needs are met.

4. (10%)    Completes catering rounds after passing trays to inquire if patient needs anything else.

5. (10%)    Retrieves trays from patient rooms shortly after completing rounds. 

6. (10%)     Assists Diet Tech with monitoring of patients who are NPO, on liquid diets, have a calorie count ordered, or need nutrition handouts.

7. (20%)    Contributes to patient satisfaction goals by providing high quality service.

8. (10%)    Follows HACCP guidelines when assembling and distributing food supplies to ensure quality and safety of food supply, recording information on quality control form.