Nutrition Associate - Michigan City .8

Franciscan Alliance, Inc.•Michigan City, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Food service professionals in a hospital setting are responsible for more than just preparing healthy food in a clean environment. This role involves delivering the correct food trays to patients as prescribed by their doctors. Food service professionals take pride in maintaining a clean food line and accurately preparing and serving patient meals. This position requires skills in documenting orders, monitoring quality control to ensure accuracy in food preparation and serving, and maintaining professional food preparation standards.

Requirements

Healthcare experience, food service experience or diet office experience.
Basic math skills, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.
Adapt and respond quickly to changing priorities.
Customer service skills.
Data entry.
Follow directions as communicated in a variety of ways.
Work independently with minimal supervision.
Infection control.
Develop effective relationships with patients, hospital departments, and other external parties.
Learn and understand therapeutic diets.
Effectively communicate verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

Assist with ordering, preparation, delivery of meals, nourishments, snacks, and supplies to patients, nursing units, and kitchen.
Check menus and trays for accuracy.
Document food allergies, special needs, and likes and dislikes.
Gathers, labels, and delivers tube-feeding products and nourishments to nursing units as ordered.
Interact with patients and obtain meal selections appropriate for their therapeutic diet.
Participate in performance improvement and quality control initiatives.
Communicate with nursing staff and clinical dietitians regarding patient nutrition care requirements such as diet education, and poor or insufficient nourishment.
Understand diet order restrictions and offer appropriate choices to patients.
Verify patient information prior to delivering trays.