Hartford HealthCare · 2 months ago
Patient Dining Aide
Bridgeport, CT
Part-time
Onsite
Entry Level
2+ years expHartford HealthCare is Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network, and they are seeking a Patient Dining Aide at St. Vincent’s Medical Center. The role involves providing patient food service, including menu selections, tray assembly, and delivery, while ensuring dietary restrictions and preferences are met.
Health CareHealth DiagnosticsHospitalOncologyPharmaceuticalRehabilitation
Responsibilities
Responsible for patient food service on assigned units including menu selections, tray assembly, tray delivery and pick up, stocking patients units where needed, and fulfills special requests in-between meal food delivery
Responsible for maintaining accurate and current information for each patient on their assigned unit
Conducts patient food service including menu selections, tray assembly, tray delivery and pick up, stocking units where needed, and fulfills special requests in-between meal food delivery
Takes patients menu selections prior to meal service while complying with dietary restrictions on special, modified diets to ensure optimal food preferences are met within guidelines of diet order limitations
Offers alternatives to menu as allowed on prescribed diet in accordance with food allergies and sensitivities, cultural, ethnic and religious preferences, when patient inquires or needs additional selections
Interacts with Nursing to ensure patients’ diet prescriptions are accurate, and patients’ food needs are met
After trays are passed, completes rounding to check on patients and address any additional needs
Retrieves trays from patients once meal is done
May assist dietitian with monitoring of patients who are NPO, on liquid diets or have a calorie count ordered
Communicates any patient related problems/concerns to appropriate personnel, in a timely manner following departmental procedures
Participates and attends departmental meetings and staff development programs, as appropriate
Perform other related duties as required
Qualification
Required
Must be able to read and speak English
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. May need to exhibit ability to compute ratio, and percent
Possesses necessary skills to effectively operate hospital's admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) system and other computer-based systems, which manage patient-care records
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
Preferred
High School Diploma or GED preferred
2 years of customer service preferred
Benefits
Competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance
Company
Hartford HealthCare
Hartford HealthCare is a group of hospitals that offers complete healthcare services including cancer care, rehabilitation and pharmacy.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (4)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$150MKey Investors
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority
2024-04-01Debt Financing· $150M
Leadership Team
Jeffrey Flaks
President & Chief Executive Officer, Hartford HealthCare
Bimal Patel
Executive Vice President/ Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
Hartford Business Journal
2025-12-18
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