Diet Clerk - Full-Time, Shifts Vary

Phelps County Regional Medical Center; Rolla (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Phelps Health in Missouri is seeking a Diet Clerk to support patient meals and dietary orders in our hospital setting. You will help prepare and deliver patient trays, verify diet accuracy, and coordinate with dietitians to ensure dietary needs are met.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma or equivalent and at least six months of healthcare food service experience; training on tray assembly, meal timing, and food safety is provided on the job.

Qualifications

• High school education or equivalent preferred.
• Six months experience in Healthcare Food Services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists with patient meal selections and tray assembly.
• Ensures diet orders are followed and trays are accurate.
• Delivers patient trays and assists with snacks.
• Maintains clean work area and complies with safety rules.
• Communicates with dietitians about dietary concerns.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Phelps Health is a 2000-employee-strong hospital and healthcare system serving the heart of small-town Missouri.

No matter where you start with us, we're committed to taking our team to the top. If you're ready for the challenge of providing life-saving care or supporting those who do, read on to find your fit in the Phelps Health family.

General Summary

The Diet Clerk is responsible for ensuring that all patients receive timely screenings, appropriate diet information, provides selective menus for patient meal choices, based on their prescribed diet order, completes appropriate paper work to ensure that patients receive the correct food items and check the patient tray line at meal periods for tray accuracy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Communicates problems incurred with patient's diets, appropriateness of meal selections, patient's meal concerns, patient's likes and dislikes that may affect their food and beverage intake, or the nutritional adequacy of the meal or diet that the patient is receiving.
• Performs administrative tasks pertaining to the maintaining of the patient menus, nutritional analysis, dietary allergies, food selections, snacks, and diet orders for accuracy.
• Communicates with patient or nursing any questions regarding patient's understanding of diet or diet modifications.
• Ensures temperatures of food items have been taken prior to meal service. Checks meal tray accuracy of diet order to ensure quality.
• Passes patient trays at meal times.
• Prepares and delivers snacks for patients.
• Communicates with the dietitians any concerns of patient and or diet issues.

Education

High school education or equivalent preferred; an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

Work Experience

Six months experience in Healthcare Food Services preferred.

Certification/License

Not Applicable

Mental/Physical Requirements

Considerable mental concentration required for repetitive duties for long periods of time. Long periods of standing and walking. Ability to read and write. Ability to learn and understand procedures related to patient feeding and diet modifications for patients. Ability to lift minimum of 30 lbs at a time during shift.

Working Conditions

Shares office and desk space with other Food Service Personnel. Office area may be warm due to small working area and crowded conditions. May encounter unpleasant conditions at times in patient care areas. Potential exposure to infectious diseases and bodily fluids. Will experience heat and noise from the kitchen when working on patient tray line. Will experience wet floors and exposure to hot steam, water, chemicals, glass breakage and sharp knives when in food production areas. May experience noise in crowded work conditions, in patient rooms, and nursing stations.

Benefits and Opportunities

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