Nutrition Assistant; Dietary, per diem - Food and Nutrition

Nutrition Assistant (Dietary, per diem) - Food and Nutrition

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Location Detail: MMH-71 Haynes Street (10627)

Shift Detail: All shifts available

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The Greater Manchester Region has approximately 2,500 employees. It includes Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 249-bed community hospital, Rockville General, a campus of Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 102-bed facility, a large multispecialty provider group and visiting nurse services. The Greater Manchester Region serves a region of 300,000 people in 19 towns.

The Nutrition Assistant reports to the Clinical Nutrition Manager and performs a variety of tasks related to patient service. Provide a high level of customer service and exhibits appropriate customer service skills to all patients. Visits and assists inpatients with menu selections on assigned units on a daily basis. Meets patients’ special diet and/or cultural/religious needs with regard to menu selections.

Collects and processes menus for assigned areas. Provides appropriate meals based on age/development/condition/food preferences. Utilizes Meditech computerized system with regard to diet orders, admissions, transfers, discharges, snacks and tube feedings. Utilizes proper telephone etiquette when dealing with phone calls. Knowledge and proficiency in all modified diets that are provided to inpatients. Corrects inpatient menus to be in compliance with diet order prescribed by physician and follows established guidelines.

Communicates patient concerns to the Dietetic Technician, Dietitian or Manager. Provides care within JCAHO standards to maximize the quality of inpatient care. Participates in the orientation and training of new employees, students and volunteers.

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).

• Experience working with Meditech preferred.

• Must be able to read, write, speak and comprehend English.
• Knowledge of nutritional structure and different classes of peoples needs within that structure.
• Utilizes the Meditech computerized system.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills.

Disclaimer:
Job descriptions are not intended, nor should they be construed to be, exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of the principal duties and responsibilities of this position. These responsibilities and competencies listed below may change from time to time.

• Assists patients with menu selection as needed, concentrating on special needs, such as evidenced by notes on “Patient Profile”, write-in food items on menus, initiation of snacks and supplements. Incorporates religious and cultural beliefs into menu selection. Obtains menus for new admissions as soon as possible. At end of shift, filled menus are to be in for all inpatients, including those with a diet order of clear and full liquids for breakfast the next day.
• Demonstrates ongoing updating of computerized diet census sheets with neat, legible, accurate and current patient information.
• Demonstrates handwriting on menus is legible and menu items are circled neatly. This includes accurate room number, accurate patient name, accurate diet order and any write-in menu items.
• Demonstrates that entire diet order (as it appears on the computerized diet census sheet) is written legibly and accurately on each of the breakfast, lunch and dinner menus. Correct menu color is utilized according to diet order. Food allergies are written in red at the top of each of the breakfast, lunch and dinner menus (allergic to …). Correct menu for the day of the week is utilized.
• Demonstrates that the mandatory fields on the “Patient Profile” (kardex) sheet are filled out…