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Job Responsibility:
Visits patients daily to ensure they have the opportunity to order meals based on their physician-ordered diet
Works in conjunction with other team members to perform various tasks within the department
Provides exemplary customer service by visiting assigned units to obtain daily meal selections from each patient
Enters compliant patient selections and preferences in CBORD (Computerized diet system)
Organizes tray tickets for efficient meal production and delivery
Interacts with multi-disciplinary staff members on the units to gather valuable input related to patient meals
Communicates food quality and acceptance issues to department management, reflecting trends, and advises staff on adjusting trays for changed diet orders
Screens patients to identify risk levels assesses patients at moderate nutritional risk and develops and implements medical nutrition therapy for them
May be assigned to infants, children, adolescents, adults, or geriatric populations
Calculates patients’ nutrient intakes as ordered by physicians
Educates patients, their families, and significant others on simple nutritional regimes
Arranges for individual follow-up as needed
Plans meals for difficult and/or malnourished patients to reach clinical nutrition goals
Documents all aspects of patients' nutritional care in medical records
Collaborates with the healthcare team to recommend the least restrictive but acceptable nutrition regime based on knowledge of the patient’s condition, communicating verbally or via the medical record
Participates in precepting undergraduate dietetic students and training and coaching unit support staff regarding their food service role
Participates in orienting and training peers
Requirements:
High School diploma required
Associate's degree in related field preferred
Or equivalent combination of education and experience