Nutrition Care Representative

About the Role

This role is part of Department 11903 Atrium Health Cabarrus - Food and Nutrition, a full-time, benefits-eligible position requiring 40 hours per week, including weekends, holidays, and various days.

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 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.
• Performs duties in the dishroom to ensure 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.

Qualifications

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

Pay

$18.85 - $28.30 per hour, with opportunities for premium pay (shift, on-call, etc.) and annual increases based on performance.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance).
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits (adoption assistance, paid parental leave).
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match.
• Educational Assistance Program.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. It is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience, and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health serves nearly 6 million patients, operates 69 hospitals, and over 1,000 care locations, with a strong focus on equitable care and community benefits.