Nutrition Care Associate Part-Time (20 hours evening) Jefferson Einstein Phila

Thomas Jefferson University • Philadelphia, PA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nutrition Care Associate coordinates and communicates all information related to patient meal service. His/her main responsibility is interacting and providing exceptional customer service to patients as it relates to order taking and delivering/collecting meals. This role involves a 2-week training period from 7 am to 3 pm, after which regular evening hours for the position will apply. The schedule is 5 days a week, with 12-hour shifts every other weekend.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Previous nutrition office experience preferred, but not required.
• Dietetic Assistant Certification or Dietetic Technician Certification preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Processes nutrition orders and tray tickets with 100% accuracy to ensure accurate and up to date nutritional needs are provided. Manually enters patient’s menu selections for patients with multiple diet restrictions and assures selections fall within nutritional parameters for the restrictions.
• Communicates with supervisor, Lead Food Service Associate, Registered Dietitians, and Food Service Associates regarding patient preferences, requests for diet education, poor intake, allergies and special requests to ensure consistent, appropriate, safe and appealing meals.
• Is proficient in CBORD Food Service Suite nutrition software and processes nutrition orders and tray tickets with 100% accuracy to ensure accurate and up to date nutritional needs are provided.
• Maintains appropriate floor stock according to par levels and records usage accordingly.
• Cross-references and manually enters patient’s diet allergies that do not interface with CBORD nutritional software from electronic medical record.
• Coordinates and collaborates with Food Service Associates to ensure smooth departmental operations.
• Multitasks in the diet office to ensure meal service is efficient and running on time.
• Calls patients to inform them of menu changes.
• Maintains sufficient supplies of menus and forms in office at all times to facilitate efficient services.
• Participates in and attends all department in-services to maintain department operating standards.

Benefits

• medical (including prescription)
• supplemental insurance
• dental
• vision
• life and AD&D insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• flexible spending accounts
• retirement plans
• tuition assistance
• voluntary benefits
• tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED