On-Call​/Registry​/PRN Patient Dining Assistant; Shifts

## On-Call/Registry/PRN Patient Dining Assistant (12 Hour Shifts)
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Chicago, ILtime type:
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Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JR-1065146

Shirley Ryan Ability Lab is the global leader in physical medicine and rehabilitation for adults and children with the most severe, complex conditions. By joining our team, you’ll be part of our life-changing mission and vision. You’ll contribute to an innovative, multifaceted culture that is second to none — one that embraces collaboration, excellence, discovery and compassion. You’ll play a role in something that’s never been done before as we integrate science and clinical care to help patients achieve better, faster outcomes — as we Advance Human Ability, together.##

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** Job Description Summary
** The Patient Dining Assistant will provide meal assistance, including meal selection, service and retrieval, to patients on a daily basis based on physician’s diet orders. Assistant will accurately serve food and beverages to patients in accordance with the patient’s diet prescription and verbally communicate patient concerns with the clinical dietitian i.e. education needs, inadequate meal consumption.
The Patient Dining Assistant will consistently demonstrate support of the SRAlab statement of Vision, Mission and Core Values by striving for excellence, contributing to the team efforts and showing respect and compassion for patients and their families, fellow employees, and all others with whom there is contact at or in the interest of the institute.
The Patient Dining Assistant will demonstrate SRAlab Core Attributes:
Communication, Accountability, Flexibility/Adaptability, Judgment/Problem Solving, Customer Service and SRAlab Values (Hope, Compassion, Discovery, Collaboration, & Commitment to Excellence) while fulfilling job duties.## ##
** Job Description
**** The Patient Dining Assistant will:
*** Assist patients with making appropriate daily menu selections.
* Prepare, assemble and deliver patient meal trays and snacks in accordance to physician diet orders.
* Calculate modified diets/fluid restrictions, calories, etc. for meals only.
* Stock the pantries on the nursing units with patient food.
* Perform assorted kitchen duties including sanitation, set-up and completion of temperature logs.
* Utilize computer to generate patient diet orders and process snacks and tube feedings.
* Perform all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of SRAlab.
** Reporting Relationships:
*** Reports directly to Patient Services Manager
** Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Required:

*** Communication and Influence:  Verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be somewhat complex, and/or to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question.
* Technical Knowledge:  Full use and application of basic diet information.  Ability to successfully complete training and achieve passing score on all competency tests.
* Interpersonal Relations:  Ability to develop and maintain professional, trusting, positive working relationships with patients, supervisors, nursing and ancillary staff, and managers.
* Diversity Awareness:  Ability and willingness to be aware of, understand, respect, and value the diverse cultural, ethnic, gender, age, educational, professional, etc. backgrounds and styles of others and to adapt one‘s own behavior based on that understanding.
* Customer Focus:  Ability and willingness to provide excellent service to patients and clients (the customers).  This includes seeking to meet customer needs, expectations, and demands quickly and effectively; remaining calm and professional when dealing with difficult customers; receiving complaints from customers and taking action to remedy the complaint;…