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Diet Technician, Full-time

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Brighton, MA
Full-time

Job Description - Diet Technician, Full-time (3307302)

Job Description

Diet Technician, Full-time-(3307302)

Description

Summary

Assist the Registered Dietician in assessing individual nutritional needs, implementing nutritional prescription and provided feedback on acceptance and tolerance of nutrition therapy.

Key Responsibilities

  • Patients are interviewed to identify food preferences, allergies and nutritional status per established guidelines.
  • Meal rounds are performed to monitor food quality and patient intake.
  • Assigned patients are visited daily to ascertain tolerance of nutritional therapy per established guidelines.
  • Patient menu assistance is provided to ensure patient selection complies with prescribed diet.
  • Nutrient intakes are collected, calculated, and recorded in the medical record in accordance with established standards.
  • Diet is calculated and patient menu updated as necessary.
  • Patient selective menus are distributed and retrieved to meet established timeframes.
  • Clerical duties including heading menus, preparing production sheets, and updating patient menus are completed to meet established standards.
  • Patient education is reinforced to support established regimen.
  • Quality assurance monitoring is completed per stated expectations.
  • Additional department, organization, or network activities are completed per established objectives.
  • PCC Organizational Values of Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence are upheld.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience

Education / Degree

Required

Preferred

Associate’s Degree in Food and Nutrition or equivalent experience preferred.

Experience

Required

Preferred

Licensure

Required

Preferred

Skills

Required

  • Effective verbal, electronic and written communications skills using the English language
  • Computer proficiency required.Microsoft office applications preferred with ability to learn new software.
  • Maintain variable work schedule to provide patient care as needed. (evenings, holidays, weekends and travel).

Preferred

  • Highly developed communications and interpersonal skills, working with diverse population.
  • Work independently, be self-directed and contribute as a member of a team.
  • Anticipates challenges and develops and implements strategies for addressing them.
  • High level of service delivery. Demonstrate initiative with ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and adapt to changing situations.
  • Attention to detail.
  • 15 days ago
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