Ambassador - Food & Nutrition Services

Part-time position with benefits, 20 hours per week. Rotating shifts with every other weekend rotation.

Responsibilities

• Visit all newly admitted patients on advanced diets.
• Visit all patients who have advanced from NPO/Clear Liquid/Full Liquid diets.
• Visit with nursing staff on units to identify patients who need help ordering meals.
• Document and resolve any patient/nursing complaints regarding meal service.
• Communicate with Clinical Dietitians any patient-related issues that they need to know about.
• Provide coverage for call center operators or host/hostesses as requested by supervisor or managers.
• Conduct daily meal rounds.
• Complete AYR test trays.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Related experience or education demonstrating knowledge of normal and modified diets and the Carbohydrate Counting and Protein Exchange Systems.
• Previous networked computer experience preferred.
• Basic typing skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and complete assignments in a timely manner.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English (Bilingual in Spanish is preferred).
• Nutrition education background or previous hospital food service, diet office, or clerical experience preferred.
• 1 to 3 years of work experience is required.

Pay

$16.00 - $19.90 per hour

About the Organization

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center has achieved Magnet® designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation, and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.