Patient Nutrition Representative
Listed on 2026-10-15
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Healthcare
Status:
Full time
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hours Per Week: 36
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Various shifts: 6:00am-3:00pm and 11:30am-8:00pm, including 3 weekends per month and rotating holidays.
Pay Range: $18.85 - $28.30
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
High school diploma or GED preferred. Customer service experience required.
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:N/A
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:- Delivers, serves, and retrieves food trays/carts in a courteous, safe, efficient, and sanitary manner following proper protocol.
- Follows fire code and regulatory standards.
- Contributes to overall positive patient and customer satisfaction striving to meet the highest service and quality standards.
- Stores and distributes food, supplies, and equipment around the hospital and department for customer and patient use.
- Maintains a 97% or better sanitation rating from the Health Department by following sanitation policies and completing daily/weekly cleaning assignments.
- Maintains a double gold rating from NSF.
- Ensures that Sodexo standards are consistently being met.
- Department maintains a minimum average Gold Check score of silver.
- Follows all workplace safety and sanitation rules and regulations helping to maintain a safe work environment.
- Completes required in-service training, job specific training, annual Compliance and HIPAA training, and annual TJC/OSHA training.
- Participates in department's performance improvement initiatives.
- Duties are performed accurately and efficiently.
- Works as a team player; provides support to other Food and Nutrition Services departments as requested by management.
- Communicates with nursing staff as deemed appropriate.
- Resolves issues or concerns with employees, customers and/or departments, particularly meal delivery; provides assistance as deemed necessary.
- Adheres to the hospital and departmental policies and procedures promoting a cooperative work environment.
- Demonstrates a personal responsibility and commitment to excellent customer service and satisfaction by utilizing communication skills to interact with patients, customers, and staff to develop interpersonal relationships and team building.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be literate in English and able to follow instructions
- Must be comfortable interacting with patients, families, and/or caregivers when delivering meals
- Ability to communicate with a wide variety of people including patients, visitors, employees, nursing staff, managers, and hospital staff
- Desire to achieve high customer service standards
- Ability to adjust to the needs of the department
- Ability to work weekends and holidays
May be required to work in all areas of the Food and Nutrition Services departments including kitchen and retail areas, on nursing floors, and in patient rooms Exposure to wet tile floors and dangerous, sharp equipment
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:0 65% tototo
35 100%
N/AActivityXStandingXWalkingXSittingXBendingXReaching with armsXFinger and hand dexterityXTalkingXHearingXSeeing
Lifting, carrying, pushing and or pulling:
X20 lbs. maximumX
50 lbs. maximumX
100 lbs. maximum
Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:
Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job Incentive pay for select positions Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Benefits and more
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
Note:
Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.
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