Diet Representative

30 Shea Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nine acute-care hospitals

Over 200 primary, specialty and urgent

More than 17,000 team members and 4,0

Job summary

HonorHealth's Shea Medical Center in Scottsdale, AZ seeks a Diet Representative in Food Services. The role focuses on nutrition care services for hospital patients, including menu preparation, nutrition record maintenance, and diet order processing.

Evening shift is 1pm-9:30pm, full-time in a high-volume, patient-focused environment. Responsibilities include coordinating between kitchen and patient tray staff, ensuring accurate therapeutic diets, and maintaining patient nutrition records and

Qualifications

• 1 year healthcare food service experience preferred.
• Associates/High School diploma or GED preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operates Diet Office management systems to manage patient nutrition records and diet orders.
• Generates and processes reports related to patient nutrition and menu selections.
• Maintains electronic patient nutrition records with patient preferences and allergies.
• Coordinates with kitchen, tray delivery, nursing and clinical nutrition staff to ensure accurate nutrition care.
• Assists with tube feeding setup and patient nourishment preparation.
• Assists with tray assembly and printing patient labels.
• Uses AIDET protocols when obtaining patient menu selections within established time frames.

Skills

Customer service

Nutrition care

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associates Preferred

Tools

Diet Office management systems

Food Service system applications software

Job description

Primary City/State: Shea Medical Center - 9003 E Shea Blvd Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Category: Dietitian/Dietary Services Shift: Evening Department: Food Services Full Time- Evenings, 1pm-9:30pm Great care starts with great people. (Like you.) At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most — caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The DIET REPRESENTATIVE provides nutrition care services to hospital patients including menu preparation, printing and correction. They maintain an electronic patient nutrition record in Food Service system applications software; prepares food production tallies and reports; perform telephonic patient interviews for menu selection. They must have the ability to work effectively in a high volume, customer service oriented environment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Demonstrates complete understanding and application of Food Service system applications software Diet Office management systems.
• Accurately and timely generation of reports and processes.
• Processes and implements diet orders according to protocols.
• Maintains electronic patient nutrition record and updates with patient’s food preferences, allergies and individualized needs.
• Corrects menus for patients receiving therapeutic diets to ensure nutrition adequacy and accuracy.
• Coordinates communication between the kitchen production team and the patient tray delivery staff.
• Communicates daily with nursing staff and clinical nutrition staff to ensure the highest quality patient care.
• Sets up and processes tube feeding, nourishments and snacks.
• Prints patient labels for assembly.
• Assist patient tray service team when needed Utilizing the AIDET protocols, obtains patients menu selections within established time frames using computer application.
• Demonstrates patient focused customer service standards.
• Demonstrates understanding of nutrition and discusses appropriate menu selection options with patients to meet therapeutic diet requirements.

EDUCATION

Associates Preferred High School Diploma or GED Preferred

EXPERIENCE

1 year food service experience in a healthcare environment Preferred

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS

Food Handlers Card - Certification Food Service - Food Handlers Card Food Handler's Card Required

Benefits

• Nine acute-care hospitals
• Over 200 primary, specialty and urgent care centers
• More than 17,000 team members and 4,000 medical staff

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