Nutrition Assistant-Per Diem-Day
4 weeks ago
Overview
“Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.”
Come join our Amazing team here at Hackensack Meridian Health We offer Scheduling Flexibility, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts and much more
The Nutrition Assistant is responsible for obtaining and processing meal orders in a courteous and professional manner; ensuring diet prescription adherence, and maintaining an accurate dietary record for each patient.
Responsibilities
- Handles all patient / customer interactions in a courteous and professional manner, using standardized script where required.
- Receives patient meal requests by phone call to the diet office, call backs from the diet office or visitation at the patient bedside.
- Processes meal orders via computer in allotted time frame.
- Orders non-select meals for patients who cannot select a meal and for whom no order has been placed, as appropriate.
- Communicates with patient taking menu selections in accordance with diet, food allergies, and food preferences. Ability to verbalize diet-appropriate foods for all house diets; input menus one-on-one with patient &/or family member using Health touch with accuracy.
- Keeps accurate dietary records for patients in the computer as necessary.
- Records unit pantry refrigerator temperature on a daily basis. Monitors pantries for general cleanliness and refers all issues to Supervisor/Managers.
- Ensures all menu choices made by patients are therapeutically accurate, through suggestions of alternatives when necessary for patient satisfaction.
- Processes orders for guest trays in a courteous and timely manner
- Communicates special requests, important information to appropriate staff in a timely and courteous manner
- Prints reports timely.
- Processes requests for 10 am, 3 pm, and HS nourishments.
- Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.).
- This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
- Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
- Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
- Knowledge of basic principles of nutrition and modified diets.
- Proficient in computer skills.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- Bachelor's or Associate's degree in foods and nutrition.
- Bilingual, especially Spanish or Korean language.
- Minimum of 1 or more years of similar hospital or acute care experience.
Our Network
Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Facility
As a courtesy to assist you in your job search, we would like to send your resume to other areas of our Hackensack Meridian Health network who may have current openings that fit your skills and experience.
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