Culinary Diet Technician

About the role

This position provides nutrition services to patients following standardized guidelines. It involves interacting with clinical caregivers, patients, and their families to explain the meal process and modify meal selections according to provider orders.

Responsibilities

• Takes patient meal selections and modifies them using system standards to meet provider orders.
• Checks trays for accuracy during meal assembly.
• Communicates clearly to both clinical and culinary caregivers.
• Collections and inputs nutrition screening information.
• May complete calorie count and nutrition analysis as dictated by facility.
• Utilizes a computer to run reports and take orders.
• Delivers and presents trays to patients using the standard process.
• Performs food preparation functions according to system standards (following standard recipe, assembling ingredients).
• Performs accurate credit transactions according to system standards and independently resolves basic customer service issues.

Requirements

• Rotating holidays and weekends.
• Food Handler Permit or ServSafe Certification is required by first day of work.
• One or more year of experience in customer service, food service or patient service (preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to work with modified diets (preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred).

Qualifications

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

Skills

• Nutrition
• Diet 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

The hourly range for this position is $18.40 - $23.92.

Schedule

Part Time, 24 hours per week.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. Includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

Location

Intermountain Health Primary Children's Hospital
Work City: Salt Lake City
Work State: Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours

24