Diet Clerk | Irregular Part-Time, Shifts Vary

Phelps Health

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Diet Clerk is responsible for ensuring that all patients receive timely screenings, appropriate diet information, provides selective menus for patient meal choices, based on their prescribed diet order, completes appropriate paper work to ensure that patients receive the correct food items and check the patient tray line at meal periods for tray accuracy.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent preferred; an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
Six months experience in Healthcare Food Services preferred.
Considerable mental concentration required for repetitive duties for long periods of time.
Long periods of standing and walking.
Ability to read and write.
Ability to learn and understand procedures related to patient feeding and diet modifications for patients.
Ability to lift minimum of 30 lbs at a time during shift.

Responsibilities

Communicates problems incurred with patient’s diets, appropriateness of meal selections, patient’s meal concerns, patient’s likes and dislikes that may affect their food and beverage intake, or the nutritional adequacy of the meal or diet that the patient is receiving.
Performs administrative tasks pertaining to the maintaining of the patient menus, nutritional analysis, dietary allergies, food selections, snacks, and diet orders for accuracy.
Communicates with patient or nursing any questions regarding patient’s understanding of diet or diet modifications.
Ensures temperatures of food items have been taken prior to meal service.
Checks meal tray accuracy of diet order to ensure quality.
Passes patient trays at meal times.
Prepares and delivers snacks for patients.
Communicates with the dietitians any concerns of patient and or diet issues.