Culinary Diet Tech Bedside

12600 St George Regional Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Education Assistance

Job summary

Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital seeks a bedside nutrition services professional to support patient meals and dietary needs. You will work with clinical teams to modify meal selections per physician orders and document nutrition care using our ordering platforms.

Responsibilities include ensuring accurate meal deliveries, communicating needs to room service, and delivering exceptional patient service while adhering to modified diet guidelines.

Qualifications

• Food handler permit required.
• Experience in food service or cashier roles preferred.
• Experience with hospital food service or patient meals preferred.
• Familiarity with modified diets preferred.
• Strong customer service orientation.

Responsibilities

• Assist in meal selection for patients according to guidelines.
• Record and adjust patient meal orders per physician diet orders and guidelines.
• Collaborate with clinical team to ensure quality patient care.
• Utilize meal ordering platforms for nutrition care documentation and reports.
• Communicate patient needs to room service and related teams.
• Support room service call center and bedside connections.
• Deliver patient trays per policy to ensure safe, efficient service.
• Provide exceptional customer service in all interactions.

Skills

Nutrition

Diet Management

Computer Literacy

Interpersonal Communication

Active Listening

Task Coordination

Guest Services

Critical Thinking

Adaptability

Collaboration

Education

Food Handler Permit

One year of food service or cashier experience

Hospital food service or patient experience

Modified diets experience

Customer service experience

Job description

Job Description: Provides nutrition services to patients utilizing standardized guidelines. This position interacts with clinical caregivers, patients, and patient’s family members to explain the meal process and modify meal selections according to provider orders. At Intermountain, we are not your standard institutional hospital food. Our hospitals employ professional chefs, culinary leaders, cooks, and nutrition care associates. We treat our hospitals and catering events like hotels, with restaurant-quality cafes and a guest-centric culture of hospitality for our patients and caregivers. With high-quality food as medicine, we bring new life into the world of hospital nutrition services and are making a difference in the lives of our patients every day.

Work Schedule Bedside Position

Work Schedule: Full Time, 36 hours per week Availability Needed: Sunday-Saturday Work Shift: 12hr shifts 7:00 am -8:00 pm

Pay Rate

Based on Experience ($18.40 - $23.92)

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Education Assistance

Essential Functions

• 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
• Coordinating tasks with others
• Patient Interactions
• Attention to detail
• Communication
• Task Coordination
• Guest Services
• Critical Thinking
• Adaptability
• Collaboration
• Computer Literacy
• Active Listening

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)

Physical Requirements

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs. Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use. Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work. Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

Location

Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital

Work City: St George Work State: Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36

Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $18.40 - $23.92

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