Dietetic Assistant-Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center-Per Diem

Atlantic Health; Hackettstown (NJ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health in Hackettstown, NJ is seeking a dietary support professional to improve patient well-being by providing nutritional care and following up with patients.

You will coordinate meal plans, take patient meal orders, assist with selections considering cultural/religious preferences, monitor meal tickets, and process diet changes and NPO orders while maintaining accurate records.

Qualifications

• Provides patient nutrition care and follows up with patients.
• Communicates nutritional information to health professionals as needed.
• Coordinates nourishment plans with healthcare team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates patient's meal plans with healthcare professionals and nutritionists.
• Takes patient meal orders via phone and at the bedside.
• Assists with meal selections while considering cultural and/or religious preferences.
• Monitors patient meal tickets and modifies as needed to comply with diet orders.
• Processes new diets, changes, tube feedings and NPO orders accurately.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Nutritional care

Patient communication

Team coordination

Record keeping

Job description

Responsible for working to improve patient's well-being by providing dietary support. Provides nutritional care and follows up with patients. Communicates patient's nutritional information appropriately to other health professionals.

Principal Accountabilities

• Coordinates patient's meal plans with healthcare professionals and nutritionists.
• Takes patient meal orders via phone and at the bedside.
• Assists with meal selections while taking into consideration cultural and/or religious preferences.
• Monitors patient meal tickets- this includes reviewing and modifying as needed to comply with prescribed diet order.
• Processes new diets, changes, tube feedings and NPO orders efficiently while keeping accurate records.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.