Job Description:
Process diet orders and receive orders via communication with patients or health care professionals. Verify that orders comply with diet prescription. Identify needs such as therapeutic, cultural preferences, and food allergies and note those needs with special tray ticket indicator. Conduct patient care rounds to obtain patient meal preferences. Patient assistance is given for menu preparation. Calculate and complete production sheets for Hot and Cold food items and special items. Maintain records for manager.
Qualifications:
High School diploma or equivalent required. Work requires a high school level of educational development and no previous related experience plus three to six months of on the job training and orientation. Work requires the analytical ability to resolve problems that require the use of basic scientific knowledge, mathematical, or technical principles. Work requires understanding of automated diet office system data entry and internal adjustment. Work requires analysis of information (data) from Hospital ADT system (SMS- Invision). Work requires computer skills.
About Us:
St. Joseph's Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization's outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation's "100 Best Places to Work in Health Care".Benefits Eligibility: (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week) Competitive salary*Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans403b retirement plan options with company match**Health & Wellness*Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan ForgivenessPTO, and paid holidays Tuition reimbursement Employee Assistance ProgramLTD : Long Term Disability Life Insurance Options Onsite Day care Program*Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.** 403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
Pay transparency:
St. Joseph's Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law. The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc." The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of the TeamSt. Joseph's University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures. The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women's health, imaging and nursing team at St. Joseph's University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession's highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award. Job InfoJob Identification 20261676 Job Category Support Services Posting Date 10/08/2026, 04:28 PMJob Schedule Full time Job Shift DayLocations St. Joseph's University Medical Center (On-site) Hourly Salary Range 16.80 - 22.68
