Nutrition Care Representative (Diet Clerk) - Per Diem

Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$19,5-$27,24 an hour
Full-time

Job Description

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!

At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others.

Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.

S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work excellence and innovation in patient care, research, and community service.

From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have great resources to do something incredible for yourself, and for others

What will you be doing in this role?

The Nutrition Care Representative (NCR) act as an ambassador and facilitator of patient food services on the patient care unit.

Responsibilities include processing, validating, and interpreting physician diet prescriptions as conveyed by nursing personnel, collection and correction of patient menu selections in conformance with the physician's diet order, addressing and following up on concerns and issues related to patient satisfaction, and handling routine clerical, data entry, and nutrition care responsibilities on the unit.

Collaborates with leadership staff to improve the quality of service and nutrition care service provided to patients.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

Review and modify patient menus by adding, deleting or substituting food items in accordance with physician's and dietitian's orders and restrictions.

Obtain menu selection at the patient's bedside or over the phone assuring compliance to the physician's diet order and departmental guidelines for menu correction.

Explain menu modifications / substitutions to patients

Navigate patient to the menu system and services offered by the department.

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Qualifications

Job Qualifications :

High School Diploma / GED required.

Associate Degree / College Diploma or Bachelors Degree in Nutrition preferred

At least one (1) year of customer service in an acute care hospital as a Diet Clerk / Aide preferred

Excellent customer service and communication skills.

Computer proficiency is a requirement.

10hr Shifts

7 : 00am - 5 : 30pm

9 : 30am - 8 : 00pm

Req ID : 3123

Working Title : Nutrition Care Representative (Diet Clerk) - Per Diem

Department : Clinical Nutrition

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Job Category : Patient Services

Job Specialty : Food Services

Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 10 hour

Base Pay : $19.50 - $27.24

Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and / or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.

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