Patient Experience Director - Food Service at Aramark

Job Description

Aramark Healthcare+ is seeking candidates for a Patient Experience Director position to drive patient experience and nursing relationships at University of Chicago Medicine. This is a customer service/hospitality position representing the food service department to the patients. The Patient Experience Director establishes and maintains effective working relationships with other departments to provide a unified approach to patient/resident care.  

Job Responsibilities

• Conducts patient rounding, distributing contact information for each dept. and completes rounding logs
• Ensures patients know the names of the tray passer. 
• Conducts spot training for food service employees with direct contact to patients. 
• Provides direct information to supervisor and manager for service recovery.
• Participates in the gridding process.
• Attends and chairs meetings for patient satisfaction, nurse meetings, client meetings and others as appropriate.
• Attends department manager meetings and reports findings.
• Conducts nurse rounding and completes logs sending thank you notes as appropriate.
• Actively participates in Qualtrics Patient Satisfaction Survey tracking, posting of scores for HCAHPs and Qualtrics. 
• Completes action item reports and all other necessary reporting daily sending to all appropriate personnel. 
• Delivers strong operational performance by executing against Aramark Healthcare and regulatory agency standards and programs, continually monitoring operations, and completing assessments and necessary action plans to provide optimal nutrition care and meal service to patients/residents.
• Drives patient satisfaction and maintains client relationships through rounding. Ensures compliance to food safety, sanitation, and overall workplace safety standards.
• Supervises, staffs, trains, conducts applicable rounding and manages the performance of the staff on the patient units.  

Recognizes and adopts activities appropriate to the specific needs of the patient/resident population and demonstrates knowledge of specific issues directly related to age of patient population. 

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.

Qualifications

• Requires 2-5 years experience and 1-3 years in a management role.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Healthcare Food Service experience required. Leadership experience preferred. 
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision. 
• Requires strong customer service experience with a service friendly attitude.
• Ability to communicate (both verbal and written) effectively with clients, customers of client and support staff. 
• Requires management and leadership skills and the ability to work with confidential employee, client and Aramark information.

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About Aramark

Our Mission

Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.

At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

About Aramark

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.