Diet Clerk (Sunday-Thursday) - FT Days

PIH Health Hospital; Whittier, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

PIH Health Hospital in Whittier, CA is seeking a Diet Clerk to support nutritional care by processing diet orders and obtaining patient menu selections via HealthTouch. You will ensure selections meet physician diet orders and check tray line accuracy to reflect those choices.

Responsibilities include communicating with clinical staff to maintain high quality patient food service, handling modified diets, and supporting hospital operations on the day shift at 12401 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Must be able to speak, write and read English and do simple math.
• Minimum 6 months hospital diet office experience; knowledge of modified diets required.

Responsibilities

• Process diet orders and tube feedings accurately.
• Check tray lines to ensure meals meet prescribed diets.
• Obtain patient menu selections via HealthTouch and adjust to diet orders.
• Communicate effectively to support high quality patient food service.

Skills

Telephone etiquette

Customer service

Intermediate computer skills

Diet knowledge

English literacy

Education

HS diploma or GED

Tools

HealthTouch

Computrition

CBord

Job description

The Diet Clerk functions as support in the nutritional care of patients. The primary responsibilities are processing of diet orders, obtaining patient’s menu selection via HealthTouch computer system and correcting those menus to ensure selections meet physician-prescribed diet order, checking tray line for accuracy to patient menu selection and prescribed physician diet order, and communicating effectively to ensure high quality food service to patients.

PIH Health is a regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County, Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital, PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, 37 outpatient medical office buildings, a multispecialty medical (physician) group, home healthcare services and hospice care, as well as heart, cancer, digestive health, orthopedics, women's health, urgent care and emergency services. The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and patient experience, and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has identified PIH Health as one of the nation’s top hospital systems for best practices, cutting-edge advancements, quality of care and healthcare technology. For more information, visit PIHHealth.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

Required Skills

• Business telephone etiquette, articulate and professional.
• Customer service/guest relations skills.
• Intermediatecomputer skills.
• Knowledge of normal andmodified diets.

Required Experience

• High school diploma or G.E.D. required
• Must be able to speak, write and read English and do simple math
• Minimum 6 months experience working in hospital diet office. Knowledge of modified diets required( Renal, Dysphagia, Controlled Carbohydrate, Cardiac, Sodium Controlled, etc). Education ( Completion of college level classes in diet therapy, nutrition through the life cycle, nutrition, etc) may be substituted for experience.
• Able to process diet orders, tube feedings, diet changes and NPO orders accurately. Minimum 6 months experience checking trayline to ensure meal trays meet prescribed diet order. Education (Completion of college level classes in diet therapy, nutrition through the life cycle, nutrition, etc) may be substituted for experience).
• Intermediate computer skills required – prior experience working with HealthTouch, Computrition, CBord or any other computerized diet office system helpful.

Address
12401 Washington Blvd.

Salary
23.00-29.90

Shift
Days

Zip Code
90602