What are the responsibilities and job description for the Room Service Attendant position at Banner Health Corporate?
Primary City/State: Phoenix, Arizona Department Name: Culinary & Nutrition-Hosp Work Shift: Day Job Category: Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary Find your path in health care. Our team members make Banner Health a Great Place To Work®. Learn how you can join our dedicated team of professionals. As a Room Service Attendant you will be a part of a cohesive team that strives to achieve premier patient food services. You will support patient meal service which may include setting up tray work stations, preparing/portioning assigned foods according to correct quantities, and/or assembling patient trays. You may help with providing patient menus and meal requests, and collaborate together with Nutrition Techs and Dietetic Technicians. You may also provide patients with their meal trays, helping them open their food and beverage, and providing excellent customer service. Schedule: full-time, 40hrs wk., 6am-2:30pm, includes weekends and holiday rotations University Medical Center Phoenix is a nationally recognized academic medical center. The world-class hospital is focused on coordinated clinical care, expanded research activities and nurturing future generations of highly trained medical professionals. Our commitment to nursing excellence has enabled us to achieve Magnet™ recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The Phoenix campus, long known for excellent patient care, has over 730 licensed beds, several unique specialty units and is the new home for medical discoveries, thanks to our collaboration with the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. Additionally, the campus responsibilities include fully integrated multi-specialty and sub-specialty clinics. POSITION SUMMARY This position provides patients with menu and/or patient meal service, receives and forwards patient requests and communication to Dietetic Technicians and Dietitians when appropriate. Provides patient meal assembly according to correct quantities. This position strives to provide patient satisfaction regarding food and nutrition services. CORE FUNCTIONS 1. Visits patients to obtain or discuss menu selections based upon dietary orders. Enters or records all daily patient meal selections and preferences for one or more patient units. 2. Demonstrates appropriate judgment with modified diets, food and menu knowledge when relating to patients. Requests Diet Tech or Dietitian assistance when needed. Edits patient menus as required. 3. Provides patient meal service which may include setting up tray work stations, preparing/portioning assigned foods according to correct quantities, and/or assembling patient trays. 4. Delivers and serves meals while making independent judgments about special requests, snacks and nourishments. 5. Provides excellent customer service on the phone or in person and resolves customer complaints effectively and efficiently. 6. Maintains food handling and sanitation standards to meet licensing agency requirements. 7. This position interacts with patients and families, other food service staff, nursing staff, dietetic technicians and dietitians. Requires the ability to follow a work routine, to work quickly and correctly while providing good customer service and maintaining dietary, food quality and sanitation standards. Resolves minor problems with patient menus and trays. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Requires reading, writing and mathematical skills. Skills and knowledge of nutrition services as typically gained through one to two years of related experience. For Banner Staffing Services (BSS) team members, the food handlers' card is required within 30 days of hire. For BSS team members in Tucson and Colorado, the food handlers' card is not required. This position requires effective interpersonal communication skills and a friendly customer service attitude. The work requires the ability to follow instructions and safety guidelines for working with cleaning chemicals, as well as the ability to learn and work with business computer software and point of sale systems. Requires the ability to learn food handling regulations and pass certification tests as required. Must have demonstrated effective customer service skills. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge. Understanding of nutrition services, common modified diets, and portion measures. Additional skills and knowledge in health care nutrition services preferred. Bilingual skills preferred in some assignments. Additional related education and/or experience preferred. 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