Diet Technician, Per Diem

Summary

Assist the Registered Dietician in assessing individual nutritional needs, implementing nutritional prescription and provided feedback on acceptance and tolerance of nutrition therapy.

Key Responsibilities

• Patients are interviewed to identify food preferences, allergies and nutritional status per established guidelines.

• Meal rounds are performed to monitor food quality and patient intake.

• Assigned patients are visited daily to ascertain tolerance of nutritional therapy per established guidelines.

• Patient menu assistance is provided to ensure patient selection complies with prescribed diet.

• Nutrient intakes are collected, calculated, and recorded in the medical record in accordance with established standards.

• Diet is calculated and patient menu updated as necessary.

• Patient selective menus are distributed and retrieved to meet established timeframes.

• Clerical duties including heading menus, preparing production sheets, and updating patient menus are completed to meet established standards.

• Patient education is reinforced to support established regimen.

• Quality assurance monitoring is completed per stated expectations.

• Additional department, organization, or network activities are completed per established objectives.

• PCC Organizational Values of Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence are upheld.

Qualifications and Experience

Education/Degree

Preferred

• Associate's Degree in Food and Nutrition or equivalent experience preferred.

Skills (Specific learned activity gained through training (e.g. computer skills, keyboarding, presentation, CPR, ACLS, etc.)

Required

• Effective verbal, electronic and written communications skills using the English language

• Computer proficiency required. Microsoft office applications preferred with ability to learn new software.

• Maintain variable work schedule to provide patient care as needed. (evenings, holidays, weekends and travel).

Preferred

• Highly developed communications and interpersonal skills, working with diverse population.

• Work independently, be self-directed and contribute as a member of a team.

• Anticipates challenges and develops and implements strategies for addressing them.

• High level of service delivery. Demonstrate initiative with ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and adapt to changing situations.

• Attention to detail.