Waiter

Main Roles and Responsibilities

1. Food Service: Serve meals, snacks, and beverages to patients and hospital staff on time.

2. Patient Diet: Check the patient's diet chart and serve the correct food according to instructions from the dietitian or nursing staff.

3. Food Hygiene: Maintain cleanliness and follow proper food-handling and handwashing practices.

4. Tray Preparation: Prepare food trays with the correct meals, cutlery, water, and other required items.

5. Meal Distribution: Deliver meals to the correct patients and hospital departments.

6. Special Diets: Ensure that patients receive prescribed diets, such as soft diets, liquid diets, or diabetic diets, as directed by authorized staff.

7. Patient Assistance: Help patients with meal trays when needed, following hospital procedures and nursing instructions.

8. Cleaning: Collect used trays, crockery, and cutlery and keep the serving area clean.

9. Communication: Inform nursing staff if a patient refuses food, has difficulty eating, or reports a problem with the meal.

10. Food Safety: Check food quality, temperature, and serving conditions according to hospital policy.

11. Professional Behaviour: Treat patients and visitors with courtesy, patience, and respect.

12. Infection Control: Follow hospital infection-prevention procedures, including the use of gloves or other protective equipment when required.

13. Stock Management: Help maintain supplies of crockery, cutlery, napkins, and other food-service items.

14. Teamwork: Coordinate with the kitchen, dietitian, nurses, and housekeeping staff to ensure smooth service.

Daily Duties of a Hospital Waiter

• Check the meal schedule and patient diet instructions.

• Prepare and distribute breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.

• Ensure each meal reaches the correct patient.

• Clear used trays and utensils after meals.

• Clean and sanitize food-service equipment as required.

• Report food shortages, complaints, and other problems to the supervisor.

• It is a Full Time Waiter / Steward job for candidates with 6 months - 5 years of experience.