Ambassador - Hamilton - Culinary/Nutrition - Full-Time, 72 hours biweekly, 1st Shift - Kettering Health

Overview

Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 13 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. We are committed to transforming the health care experience with high-quality care for every stage of life. Our service-oriented mission is in action every day, whether it’s by providing care in our facilities, training the next generation of health care professionals, or serving others through international outreach.

Responsibilities & Requirements

The Nutrition Services Ambassador:

Explains Room Service menu to patients, qualifies patients as full Room Service, Assist, or Non-Select.  Delivers patient meal trays and unit supplies.  Follows HACCP principles in completing tasks.  Performs other duties as assigned.

• Accurately manages position paperwork (tray delivery forms, Missed Meal Report, refrigerator and freezer temperature monitoring forms, etc.).
• Follows correct hand hygiene procedures (sanitizes hands before and after entering patient rooms, washes hands as needed, etc.).
• Utilizes appropriate scripting and responds to patients/internal and external customers (asks for two patient identifiers, confirms accuracy of tray, offers to open cartons, offers to get anything else the patient needs, effectively uses HEAL principle, etc.).
• Effectively and safely uses position equipment, performing applicable cleaning/sanitation procedures (sanitizes carts if used to transport dirty trays and at end of day, cleans unit coffee machines and refrigerators, etc.).
• When assisting patients, ensures meal selections are in accordance with patient’s diet order to ensure desired items are allowed, thus optimizing patient experience.
• Puts patient as priority and focal point, routinely managing meal delivery to get trays to patient as quickly as possible and universally within the allotted 45 minutes.
• Effectively orients patients to room service ordering process, accurately qualifies patients as full Room Service, Assist, or Non-select, and communicates this with Call Center

Job Qualifications:

Ability to walk and stand for long periods of time

Ability to push and pull wheeled carts

Ability to read and write English

Ability to communicate effectively

Ability to follow oral and written directions

Ability to tolerate frequent temperature changes working with and around equipment that generates heat, steam, and cold

Preferred Qualifications

High school diploma or GED preferred. 

Food service or customer service experience preferred

Key Words:  food, nutrition, meal service, food service, room service, chef, sous chef, culinary, food prep