Dietetic Technician Diet Tech DTR

Primary City/State:

Glendale, Arizona

Department Name:

Work Shift:

Day

Job Category:

Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary

Banner Health is honored to be recognized by Becker's Healthcare as one of the TOP 150 places to work in health care for 2023! In addition, we recently made Newsweek's list of America's Greatest Workplaces 2023 for Diversity.

These recognitions reflect Banner Health's investment in team members' professional development, wellness benefits, and continued education. It highlights our commitment to advocating for diversity in the workplace, promoting work-life balance, and boosting employee engagement.

The Banner Thunderbird Culinary & Nutrition department provides exceptional quality food and customer service to our patients, associates and community. We take a more personalized approach to menu selection, preparation and distribution. We operate in a fast pace high volume environment that requires a passion for providing outstanding patient care and service.

We are looking for a Registered Dietetic Technician DTR who has a special love for helping patients. This is a great position for someone who is continuing their career in nutritional services. As the Dietetic Technician, you will work collaboratively with the Nutrition team to perform assessments and provide nutrition education to patients and families on appropriate meal selections within dietary restrictions to accomplish patient goals.

This is a full time position, 32 hours per week and will include a weekend and holiday rotation.

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POSITION SUMMARY

This position, in collaboration with the Registered Dietitians and members of the health care team, provides clinical nutrition care for moderate and low nutritional risk patients. Provides nutrition education to patients and families on appropriate meal selections within dietary restrictions to accomplish patient goals.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1.Provides nutritional education and instruction on identified diet plans to individual patients, patients in group settings, and patient families based upon physician order and/or nutritional education needs. May provide nutrition education to community.

2.Prioritizes tasks and uses effective time management skills to maintain productivity standards. Assists the dietitian in providing an efficient and cost effective nutrition care program while meeting service excellence standards.

3.In designated areas, performs timely nutrition assessments and may provide screening using designated criteria to identify patients at nutritional risk and appropriately determines the nutritional status of patients by completing assessments based on nutrition practice guidelines.

4.Provides timely follow up and monitoring of patients identified for re-screening and re-assessment and refers patients to the dietitian; documents pertinent information in the medical records and patient plan of care while meeting requirements of regulatory agencies (i.e. Joint Commission, CMS, State and other regulatory agencies).

5.Assists with continuous quality improvement activities and ongoing problem solving and conducts meal rounds as indicated.

6.This position must make clinical judgment decisions related to patient care and where appropriate, consults with a dietitian, supervisor, or other members of the health care team regarding patient concerns. This position has tremendous impact on the customer satisfaction of patients. May provide direction to the department staff in the activities necessary to provide quality nutrition patient care.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

This position requires: (1) an Associate Degree from an approved Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Dietetic Technician program, and successful passing of the DTR exam (Dietetic Technician, Registered) within 6 months of employment; or (2) a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics; or (3) demonstrated equivalent knowledge as typically obtained with five years acute-care nutrition experience.

Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital or the Whole Health Clinic must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Dietetic Technician, Registered (DTR); Experience in Nutrition within an acute care setting is preferred.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

EOE/Female/Minority/Disability/Veterans

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