Diet Clerk - Dietary

Prime Healthcare; Weslaco (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an award-winning team at Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco, Texas, as a clinical support specialist focusing on therapeutic menu selections. Applicants with an AA degree in Food Science/Nutrition and experience with modified diets are encouraged to apply. Be part of a dedicated community committed to quality healthcare.

Qualifications

• One (1) year of healthcare experience working with modified diets preferred.
• County Specific Food Handlers certification required upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Performs necessary clinical support functions related to approving therapeutic menu selections.
• Ensures accuracy and appropriate temperatures of patient trays.

Skills

Knowledge of modified diets

Clinical support functions

Education

AA degree in Food Science/Nutrition

Job description

Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community! Knapp Medical Center, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Knapp Medical Center is an award-winning, not-for-profit hospital in Weslaco, Texas. With 227 beds, the community hospital specializes in emergency care, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, wound care, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, critical care, and interventional radiology. Knapp serves as the only acute care hospital in the Mid-Valley area, as well as Weslaco's only Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, and Level II Newborn Nursery. Knapp has been providing quality and compassionate healthcare to Mid-Valley residents for 60 years. More than 300 physicians serve on the hospital's medical staff. Knapp also serves as one of the largest employers in the Mid-Valley, employing more than 450 people. For more information, please call 956-968-8567 or visit www.KnappMed.org.

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Responsibilities

Under the direction of the dietitian, performs the necessary clinical support functions related to approving therapeutic menu selections and ensuring accuracy as well as appropriate temperatures of patient trays.

Qualifications

Education and Work Experience

• AA degree in Food Science/Nutrition preferred
• One (1) year of healthcare experience working with modified diets preferred

County Specific requirement.

• County Specific Food Handlers certification required upon hire and maintained current