NUTRITION CARE AIDE -

Department: Food and Nutrition – UH | FTE: 1.00 | Full Time | Rotating Shift

Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights, and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials.

About the Role

Perform a variety of clerical duties in support of nutritional care and patient food service area. Ensure adherence to Hospital and Departmental Policies and Procedures. No patient care assignment.

Responsibilities

• Menus: Correct menus according to diet plan, tally menus, and prepare food production guide.
• Compliance: Adhere and ensure compliance with departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards, JCAHO, and other regulatory agency requirements.
• Records: Maintain and prepare various patient records to include labels, cardexes, and menus; record diet changes and update changes accordingly.
• Patient Trays: Prepare and distribute menus; deliver patient formulas and trays according to schedule.
• Inventory: Stock a variety of materials and supplies to ensure adequate inventory; order supplies as needed.
• Computer and Phones: Operate computer to retrieve information; answer phone calls related to patient nutrition care taking appropriate action.
• Interpersonal Relations: Establish and maintain effective interpersonal business relationships with patients, visitors, physicians, and all hospital personnel.
• Trays: Check patient trays for accuracy.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

Requirements

• 1/2 year (6 months) of directly related experience.

Qualifications

• Education: Not required.
• Credentials: Not applicable/not required.

Physical Conditions

• Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical demand requirements exceed those for Sedentary Work. May require walking or standing to a significant degree or requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or may require working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of materials is negligible.
• Working conditions: Minor hazard – physical risks, dirt, dust, fumes, noise.
• Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required.