Diet Clerk

UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center, a leading healthcare provider in Dallas, invites applications for a role responsible for managing diet orders and patient interactions. The position emphasizes teamwork, professionalism, and customer service, ideal for candidates with basic clerical skills and a high school diploma. Join a reputable institution committed to employee growth and quality patient care.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package including healthcare

Paid Time Off available from day one

Tuition Reimbursement

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Qualified Employer

Qualifications

• Basic clerical and data entry experience.
• Customer service or call center experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Process diet orders and update patient information in Nutrition Services systems.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with patients.
• Manage telephone calls promptly and professionally.

Skills

Customer Service

Data Entry

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report , we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required

• Education
  High School Diploma or equivalent
  

Preferred

• Experience
  Basic clerical and data entry experience and
  Customer Services or call center experience
  

JOB DUTIES

• Process diet orders and update patient information in Nutrition Services Systems appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Explains procedures for ordering of meals to all patients. Anticipates the need of the patient and responds appropriately. Interacts in a positive, professional manner with patients, family members, and/or nursing on a daily basis. Communicates clearly and professionally, whether verbally or in writing, to take patient orders, promoting both work efforts and problem resolution.
• Assists with delivering trays to patients‿ as directed by Nutrition Leadership on duty to ensure patients are fed in a timely manner.
• Delivers cupcakes to patients, rolling silverware for patients‿, pulling birthday supplies for patients celebrating birthdays in hospital, and other misc. duties assigned in diet office.
• Effectively manages complaints and refers to supervisor as appropriate. Verifies that issues have been resolved
• Processes, prints, and distributes daily documents in a timely manner. Including, but not limited to, patient menus, nourishment labels, tray tickets, vouchers, patient reports, etc.
• Manages telephone calls promptly and professionally, utilizing telephone etiquette techniques.
• Promotes, develops, and sustains teamwork. Conducts self in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity, equity and inclusion principles. Contributes towards improvement of department scores for employee engagement, i.e. peer-to-peer accountability.
• Processes late and/or missing trays effectively and ensures tray line begins promptly.
• Verifies accuracy of all patient ticket information prior to submission. Including but not limited to, verifying 2 patient identifiers and ensuring diet in system shown is known to patient, supplement attached, etc. Makes telephone calls to nursing units, as needed, for clarification of diet orders or requests.
• Manages special needs of patients, as indicated, including but not limited to, Rehab units, Behavioral Health Units, and other special units, could potentially include and are not limited to in-person patient ordering due to patient‿s treatment/care program.
• Actively makes telephone calls to patients‿ to discuss menu options, food preferences, etc.
• Assists in trouble shooting of computer problems by calling Help Desk or Alerting Manager on Duty immediately upon discovery to prevent delayed patient care.
• Complies with the departmental performance improvement plan by managing patient satisfaction surveys.
• Ensures adequate supplies to maintain diet office running efficiently, by communicating ordering needs to Administrative Coordinator and/or Nutrition Leadership on duty.
• Other duties may be required which are reasonably related to the essential or marginal functions of the position. Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the Hospital‿s Nutritional obligations required by Nutrition Services with patient care. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location, including but not limited to emergency operation procedures.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO Statement
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

About the company

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is a public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas.

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