Bedside Nutrition & Diet Support Specialist

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; Saint George (UT); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Education Assistance

Job summary

Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital is seeking a Patient Nutrition Associate to support meal planning and patient care at the bedside. You will adjust meals per physician orders and diet guidelines, coordinating with clinical staff and room service to ensure timely, accurate deliveries.

The role requires strong customer service, attention to detail, and familiarity with modified diets. It offers full-time hours, 36 per week, with 12-hour shifts and benefits for hospital staff.

Qualifications

• Food Handler Permit required.
• One year of food service or cashier experience preferred.
• Hospital food service or patient experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work with modified diets preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists in meal selection for patients as established by standard guidelines.
• Records and modifies patient meal orders based on physician diet orders and Intermountain Modified Diet Guideline.
• Works with the clinical team to provide excellent patient care.
• Uses technology and meal ordering platform to facilitate the nutrition care process and needed departmental reports.
• Communicates patient needs to room service assembly area.
• Performs functions of room service call center and Bedside Connect.
• Provides exceptional customer service in all customer and patient interactions.
• May complete calorie count and nutrition analysis as dictated by facility.
• Check and verify that patients receive appropriate meal selections on the room service line.
• Delivers patient trays according to department policy to provide safe and efficient meal service.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Nutrition

Diet Management

Computer Literacy

Interpersonal Communication

Active Listening

Task Coordination

Guest Services

Critical Thinking

Adaptability

Collaboration

Education

Food Handler Permit

Job description

Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital is seeking a Patient Nutrition Associate to support meal planning and patient care at the bedside. You will adjust meals per physician orders and diet guidelines, coordinating with clinical staff and room service to ensure timely, accurate deliveries.

The role requires strong customer service, attention to detail, and familiarity with modified diets. It offers full-time hours, 36 per week, with 12-hour shifts and benefits for hospital staff.