Culinary Diet Tech Bedside

About the role

This position provides nutrition services to patients utilizing standardized guidelines. It involves interacting with clinical caregivers, patients, and patient's family members to explain the meal process and modify meal selections according to provider orders.

Responsibilities

• Aids in meal selection for patients as established by standard guidelines
• Records and modifies patient meal orders based on physician diet orders and Intermountain Modified Diet Guideline
• Works with the clinical team to provide excellent patient care
• Uses technology and meal ordering platform to facilitate the nutrition care process and needed departmental reports
• Communicates patient needs to room service assembly area
• Performs functions of room service call center and Bedside Connect
• Provides exceptional customer service in all customer and patient interactions
• May complete calorie count and nutrition analysis as dictated by facility
• Checks and verifies that patients receive appropriate meal selections on the room service line
• Delivers patient trays according to department policy to provide safe and efficient meal service
• Completes other duties as assigned

Requirements

• NutritionDiet Management
• Computer Literacy
• Interpersonal Communication
• Active Listening
• Coordinating tasks with others
• Patient Interactions
• Attention to detail

Qualifications

• Food Handler Permit
• One year of food service or cashier experience preferred
• Hospital food service or patient experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work with modified diets (preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred)
• Food service or healthcare experience (preferred)
• Coursework in Nutrition (preferred)

Skills

• NutritionDiet Management
• Computer Literacy
• Interpersonal Communication
• Active Listening
• Coordinating tasks with others
• Patient Interactions
• Attention to detail

Benefits

Benefits eligible: Medical, Dental, Vision, Education Assistance

Pay

Based on Experience ($18.40 - $23.92)

Schedule

Full Time, 36 hours per week

Availability Needed: Sunday-Saturday

Work Shift: 12hr shifts 7:00 am -8:00 pm