Clinical Nutrition Assistant: Patient Meals & Diet Support

University of California- Davis Health; California; On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

UC Davis Health in Sacramento seeks a Part-Time Diet Assistant to process and verify diet orders, including infant and tube feeding formulas and fortified expressed breast milk orders. You will modify patient menus, generate reports, and deliver meals with high-quality, personalized service across diet office, kitchen, and nursing units.

The role involves measuring in standard and metric units, maintaining donor breast milk records, coordinating with Dietitians and staff, and communicating

Qualifications

• Experience in a food service environment.
• Ability to read recipes, food ingredient labels and allergen labels.
• Knowledge of standard and metric units of measurement.

Responsibilities

• Provide nutritional care to patients and verify diet orders.
• Assist in quality improvement programs and reporting.

Skills

Food service experience

Customer service

Recipe reading

Unit measurement knowledge

Clear communication

Computer literacy

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Food service software

Electronic health records (EHR)

iPad/tablet usage

Job description

UC Davis Health in Sacramento seeks a Part-Time Diet Assistant to process and verify diet orders, including infant and tube feeding formulas and fortified expressed breast milk orders. You will modify patient menus, generate reports, and deliver meals with high-quality, personalized service across diet office, kitchen, and nursing units.

The role involves measuring in standard and metric units, maintaining donor breast milk records, coordinating with Dietitians and staff, and communicating