Nutrition Care Representative

About the role

Shifts are from 4:30 am – 7:30 pm. Rotating weekends with weekend shifts of 12 hours. Mandatory holidays, rotating.

Responsibilities

• Transports and serves meals to patients on nursing units.
• Assembles patient trays in the kitchen according to the physician diet order and patient meal selections.
• Answers the telephone in the call center and enters the patient meal selections into the diet office software.
• Works in the dishroom washing pots and utilizing the dish machine to wash patient and cafeteria dishes.
• Delivers supplies to nursing units or other departments.
• Ensures patients are served appropriate meals in accordance with the physician diet order.
• May be assigned as a host or hostess to explain patient meal service to patients.
• Works in the dishroom performing duties in cleaning and ensuring sanitation and safety of the department.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift a maximum of 35 pounds with frequent lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds.
• Pushing 350 pounds on carts up and down ramps.
• Repetitive motions such as turning, bending, lifting, pushing, pulling and twisting.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Must have basic math skills.
• Must be trainable on the diet office software and hospital information system.
• Must be able to use the printer, telephone, copier and calculator.

Pay

$18.85 – $28.30 per hour.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.