Nutrition Services Associate
Job Overview
Fairview is seeking a Nutrition Services Associate for Southdale hospital located in Edina, MN!
Responsibilities
- Accurately fulfills enteral nutrition and oral nutrition supplement orders and delivers to units
- Assists patients requiring additional support to order food and beverage items in alignment with the diet order
- Adjusts menu requests to align with therapeutic diet guidelines and food allergies using the nutrition software
- Supports patient and family members by gathering food preferences, answering questions about therapeutic diets, addressing service concerns and/or triaging to appropriate team members or managers as needed
- Gathers data about calories and macronutrients consumed by patient if requested by clinical team
- Demonstrates proficiency in knowledge of menu items, nutrition formulas and supplements, therapeutic diets, and use of the nutrition software
- Communicates clinical concerns to the dietitians or other clinical team members
- Unloads pallets of nutrition formulas and stocks nutrition formulary room supplies as needed
- Identifies areas for process improvement to improve efficiency and accuracy of nutrition services and participates in process improvement as requested
Requirements
- 1 year of customer service experience
- Preferred qualifications: Enrolled in or completed health-related 2-year or 4-year degree program, 1 year of health-related patient services experience, Registered Dietetic Technician
Benefits
Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more!
Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract
Pay
Compensation Disclaimer: An individual's pay rate within the posted range may be determined by various factors, including skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization prioritizes pay equity and considers internal team equity when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical.
Schedule
Schedule Week 1: Friday 7:00am-3:30PM, Saturday 7:00am-3:30pm, Sunday 7:00am-3:30PM
Week 2: Friday 7:00am-3:30PM