Dietary Clerk II

Halifaxhealth; Deltona (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

HalifaxHealth in Deltona, FL seeks a Dietary Clerk II to support the Diet Clerk’s office with clerical tasks, menu distribution, and bedside meal entry to eligible patients. The role includes preparing late trays and coordinating with tray line staff to ensure accurate clinical diets while following infection control protocols.

The ideal candidate brings strong communication, organization, and computer skills, and a willingness to work collaboratively with Nursing and Food & Nutrition teams.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED is required.
• Excellent oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational abilities to meet deadlines.
• Ability to stay calm and efficient during busy shifts.
• Comfort working with others and providing customer service.
• Infection control knowledge is highly desirable.
• Computer skills are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform clerical tasks in the Diet Clerk’s office using written and computerized systems.
• Distribute and collect menus and enter bedside menus for eligible patients.
• Prepare late trays for patients as needed.
• Coordinate with the tray line supervisor to ensure clinical diet accuracy.
• Communicate with nursing staff to resolve diet order issues and maintain infection control.

Skills

Oral communication

Organization

Calm under pressure

Teamwork

Customer service

Infection control knowledge

Computer skills

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Computer skills

Job description

Variable (United States of America)Dietary Clerk IIThe Dietary Clerk performs written and computerized clerical activities in the clinical Diet Clerk’s office. Performs selective menu distribution and collection and bedside menu entry to all eligible patients. Prepares all late trays. Serves as liaison/problem solver between patient and Food and Nutrition department Communicates as appropriate with tray line supervisor/checker involving clinical diet accuracy. Must beknowledgeable of infection control.

• - High School diploma or GED required.
• - Skills in oral communication required.
• - Good organization skills and ability to work within pre-defined time frames and deadlines.
• - Ability to remain calm and efficient in the midst of varied activity and stress levels.
• - Ability to work well with others.
• - Ability to provide good customer service.
• - Knowledge of clinical nutrition highly desirable.
• - Computer skills are highly desirable.
• - Maintain appropriate level of infection control.
• - Answers, directs, and initiates calls/pages from the diet office telephone communication system.
• - Directs production requests/outside orders/supply requests to the appropriate department area in atimely manner.
• - Maintains adequate office supplies and forms for daily work
• - Communicates with the Nursing staff to resolve diet order issues.
• - Utilizes computer to print production tallies, department reports and tray line tallies.
• - Maintains appropriate diet restrictions while adjusting patient marked menus for modified diets.
• - Coordinates nutritional care responsibilities with the licensed staff to provide accurate diets
• - Communicates with patient and/or family to discuss and resolve Food and Nutrition issues with a minimum of conflict.
• - Assembles all types of patient trays according to diet/menu, established techniques, portion control, and infection control.
• - Appropriately adjusts eal fluids per pre-established guidelines to meet ordered fluid restrictions.
• - Assists with data collection for Performance Improvement department studies.