Nutrition Assistant Full Time Evening
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861, United States
Job Description
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Overview:
The Nutrition Assistant is responsible for obtaining and processing meal orders in a courteous and professional manner; ensuring diet prescription adherence, and maintaining an accurate dietary record for each patient. Responsibilities:
- Handles all patient / customer interactions in a courteous and professional manner, using standardized script where required.
- Receives patient meal requests by phone call to the diet office, call backs from the diet office or visitation at the patient bedside.
- Processes meal orders via computer in allotted time frame.
- Orders non-select meals for patients who cannot select a meal and for whom no order has been placed, as appropriate.
- Communicates with patient taking menu selections in accordance with diet, food allergies, and food preferences. Ability to verbalize diet-appropriate foods for all house diets; input menus one-on-one with patient &/or family member using Health touch with accuracy.
- Keeps accurate dietary records for patients in the computer as necessary.
- Records unit pantry refrigerator temperature on a daily basis. Monitors pantries for general cleanliness and refers all issues to Supervisor/Managers.
- Ensures all menu choices made by patients are therapeutically accurate, through suggestions of alternatives when necessary for patient satisfaction.
- Processes orders for guest trays in a courteous and timely manner.
- Communicates special requests, important information to appropriate staff in a timely and courteous manner.
- Prints reports timely.
- Processes requests for 10 am, 3 pm, and HS nourishments.
- Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.).
- This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
- Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
- Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
- Knowledge of basic principles of nutrition and modified diets.
- Proficient in computer skills.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- Bachelor\'s or Associate\'s degree in foods and nutrition.
- Bilingual, especially Spanish or Korean language.
- Minimum of 1 or more years of similar hospital or acute care experience.
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Job IdJD4263983
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationPerth Amboy, NJ 08861, United States
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EducationNot mentioned