Food & Nutrition Team Lead - Nutrition Services, Per Diem

Food & Nutrition Team Lead - Nutrition Services, Per Diem at Dartmouth Health

The Food & Nutrition Services (FNS) Department at Dartmouth‑Hitchcock encompasses Patient Food Services, Clinical Nutrition, and Dining Services. FNS aims to provide a nutritional environment that supports a population‑level approach to a healthy diet and aligns with the D‑H commitment to improve the health and wellness of our patients, employees, and community and create a sustainable health system. The Team Lead coordinates the workflow and provides training and leadership to staff.

• Coordinates the workflow and work priority within the team.
• Provides technical guidance, oversight, and mentoring to team members.
• Provides on‑the‑job training to assigned staff and identifies training opportunities.
• Provides input to leadership regarding performance and/or need for disciplinary action.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.
• Assists with tray delivery and collecting menus.
• Corrects patient menus on assigned units based on physicians’ orders and Nutrition Care Manual.
• Assists patients with menu completion and checks patient satisfaction with selections and compliance with physicians’ diet orders.
• Collects diet change sheets and completes diet changes using computer reports.
• Prints special nourishment labels and lists for production.
• Prints and checks menus and tray tickets following specific instructions regarding patient nutritional care.
• Checks patient tray line by comparing patient menu selections with tray items and requests that the Diet Office make appropriate therapeutic substitutions.
• Uses ADT printer slips to update electronic cardexes as per protocol.
• Answers phone using telephone log sheet to record all messages and processes requests as established within clinical policies and procedures.
• Counts and records diet census and tube feeding orders.
• Makes note of patient choices, correcting as necessary using computer‑generated reports, and prints and distributes tally reports.

High school diploma (or GED) strongly preferred.

1 year of related dietary experience preferred.

Must have good verbal, written communication, and computer skills.

• None

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care