Culinary Diet Tech Bedside

Intermountain Health•Saint George, UT

1d•$18 - $24•Onsite

About The Position

Provides nutrition services to patients utilizing standardized guidelines. This position interacts with clinical caregivers, patients, and patient’s family members to explain the meal process and modify meal selections according to provider orders. At Intermountain, we are not your standard institutional hospital food. Our hospitals employ professional chefs, culinary leaders, cooks, and nutrition care associates. We treat our hospitals and catering events like hotels, with restaurant-quality cafes and a guest-centric culture of hospitality for our patients and caregivers. With high-quality food as medicine, we bring new life into the world of hospital nutrition services and are making a difference in the lives of our patients every day. Work Schedule Bedside Position Work Schedule: 36 hours per week Work Shift: 12hr shifts (7:00 am - 8:00 pm) Benefits Eligible: Yes; Medical, Dental, Vision, Education Assistance. Click here for more details Essential Functions Assists in meal selection for patients as established by standard guidelines Records and modifies patient meal orders based on physician diet orders and Intermountain Modified Diet Guideline Works with the clinical team to provide excellent patient care Uses technology and meal ordering platform to facilitate the nutrition care process and needed departmental reports Communicates patient needs to room service assembly area Performs functions of room service call center and Bedside Connect Provides exceptional customer service in all customer and patient interactions May complete calorie count and nutrition analysis as dictated by facility Check and verify that patients receive appropriate meal selections on the room service line Delivers patient trays according to department policy to provide safe and efficient meal service Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Food Handler Permit (as required by State) or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work.
1+ year of food service experience (preferred)
Demonstrated ability to work with modified diets (preferred)
Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred)
Food service or healthcare experience (preferred)
Coursework in Nutrition (preferred)
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.
Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

Nice To Haves

1+ year of food service experience (preferred)
Demonstrated ability to work with modified diets (preferred)
Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred)
Food service or healthcare experience (preferred)
Coursework in Nutrition (preferred)

Responsibilities

Assists in meal selection for patients as established by standard guidelines
Records and modifies patient meal orders based on physician diet orders and Intermountain Modified Diet Guideline
Works with the clinical team to provide excellent patient care
Uses technology and meal ordering platform to facilitate the nutrition care process and needed departmental reports
Communicates patient needs to room service assembly area
Performs functions of room service call center and Bedside Connect
Provides exceptional customer service in all customer and patient interactions
May complete calorie count and nutrition analysis as dictated by facility
Check and verify that patients receive appropriate meal selections on the room service line
Delivers patient trays according to department policy to provide safe and efficient meal service
Other duties as assigned