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Dietetic Assistant / Full Time

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Major Tasks, Duties And Responsibilities

• Demonstrates appropriate skills required to work with patients of any age.
• Professionally answers the telephone, taking accurate messages and relaying information as needed.
• Monitors patient lists on Cerner Care Compass software – looking for updated diet orders and other requests. Responsible for applying all orders in Cerner Care Compass and calling to verify orders if the orders are not clear.
• Professionally contacts newly admitted patients and explains meal service, obtains patient's special food preferences as possible, accurately processes them in accordance with diet order. Communicates any concerns to Clinical Dietitians
• Makes rounds, delivers and collects menus to patient care areas for patient meal selections
• Professionally assists patients with meal selections as needed. Alerts concerns to Clinical Dietitians, when patients consistently make food choices that would compromise nutritional status.
• Checks marked menus for accuracy. Double checks questionable food choices with Clinical Dietitians for approval
• Coordinates all menu preparations accurately.
• Accurately coordinates snacks and nutritional supplements to ensure diet consistency; and processes orders for delivery to patients.
• Accurately tallies entrees, salads, desserts from patient and Wheeled Meal menus. Performs related work as required.
• Accurately checks menus before each meal, making additions and deletions as needed
• Accurately performs certain quality assurance tasks such as checking nutritional adequacy of patient menus, as well as accuracy in the implementation of the diet order.
• May perform dietary aide duties on days not scheduled as a dietetic assistant
  
  

Education, Training And Experience

Prefer prior healthcare experience. Prefer prior modified/therapeutic diet knowledge and food allergy knowledge or quick ability to learn. On-the-job training is provided. Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean. Completes annual education requirements.

Professional Requirements

• Maintains regulatory requirements.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Reports to work as scheduled, completes work within designated time.
• Wears identification while on duty, uses computerized punch time system correctly.
• Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the facility, as well as the mission statement of the department.
  
  

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• In an 8-hour workday, employee stands/walks (hours at one time):
  
  

[] 0-2 [ ] 2-4 ] 4-6 [X] 6-8

• In an 8-hour workday, employee sits (hours at one time/hours during the day):
  
  

[X] 0-2 [] 2-4 [] 4-6 [] 6-8

• Employee lifts:
  
  

[] up to 10# [] 10-20# [X] 20-50# [] over 50#

• Lifting as indicated in item 3 above is performed during the workday:
  
  

[] occasionally [] frequently [X] continuously

• Employee uses hands for repetitive:
• Simple grasping: [X] yes [] no
• Pushing/pulling [X] yes [] no
• Fine manipulation [X] yes [] no
• Employee uses feet for repetitive movement in operating foot controls:
  
  

[] yes [X] no

• Employee must be able to:
• Bend [X] frequently [] occasionally [] not at all
• Squat [X] frequently [] occasionally [] not at all
• Kneel [X] frequently [] occasionally [] not at all
• Climb [] frequently [X] occasionally [] not at all