Dietetic Technician - Part time/Day/Evening

Yale New Haven Health; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. is seeking a Dietetic Technician I to support dietitians in nutritional management across patient lifecycles. The role involves on-site work at patient bedsides and in call centers, with possible remote call center nutrition support.

You will assist with meal selections, ensure therapeutic accuracy, and participate in ongoing education to maintain clinical competencies. Experience in hospital or healthcare settings is preferred but not required.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills required.
• Excellent customer service skills and telephone manner required.
• Ability to learn and apply basic medical nutrition therapy.
• Must be able to use computers for computerized diet order entry and menu systems.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates effective organizational skills in taking meal selections per script and menu items.
• Obtains meal selections quickly and accurately while meeting standard call length and patient flow.
• Adheres to task summaries and timetables to ensure readiness for patient meal calls.
• Accurately corrects patient menu selections, considering therapeutic restrictions and patient preferences.
• Participates in all inservice training programs and completes scheduled trainings with >90% evaluations.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Customer service

Telephone manner

Basic computer skills

Medical nutrition therapy basics

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Some college coursework in healthcare/nutrition

Tools

Computerized diet order entry

Menu systems

Job description

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

The Dietetic technician 1 assists the dietitian in the nutritional management and care of patients throughout the life cycle. The dietetic technician's focus is to assure that meal selections are provided based on medical needs and individual patient preferences. Diet Technicians work on -site in call centers, directly with patients at the bedside or as remote call center nutrition professionals.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

Responsibilities

• 1.Demonstrates effective organizational skills in taking meal selections in an efficient manner by adhering to script and menu items.
  • 1.1Follows script and demonstrates appropriate customer service skills as evidenced by QI audits with >90% accuracy.
• 2.Obtains meal selections patient quickly and accurately while meeting standard for average call length/number of patients visited.
  • 2.1Processes meal selections in an efficient and accurate manner, achieving standard for average patient selection call length or patients visited per meal period, demonstrating ability to prioritize patient demands, and excellent customer service skills
• 3.Demonstrates effective organizational and communication skills in properly adhering to responsibilities per task summary.
  • 3.1Properly adheres to task summary guidelines on timeframes and achieves standards in readiness to take patient meal calls/obtain meal selections.
• 4.Demonstrates effective menu corrections to ensure patients receive meals which incorporate personal preferences, dietary restrictions, and tray space guidelines. Provides patients with basic information on therapeutic restrictions when taking meal selections.
  • 4.1Accurately corrects patient menu selections via computerized diet system, taking into account therapeutic restrictions, space limitations, menu glossary guidelines, age-specific needs, and patient preferences with >90% accuracy on QI monitors.
• 5.Continuing Education and professional development
  • 5.1Participates in all inservice training programs to remain current in professional knowledge and clinical skills Completes all scheduled inservices obtaining >90% on evaluations

Qualifications

EDUCATION

High School diploma or equivalent. Some college coursework in healthcare, science, food service, nutrition, dietetics, or culinary arts program preferred.

EXPERIENCE

Experience in hospital or healthcare setting preferred but not required.

LICENSURE

None required. Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered (NDTR/DTR) by Commission on Dietetic Registration preferred.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Excellent interpersonal (both oral and written) communication skills required. Excellent customer service skills and telephone manner required. Must be able to learn and apply basic medical nutrition therapy and food service operations to ensure patients receive safe and appropriate food and nutrition services, demonstrated after orientation & training period via standard competency quiz. Ability to use computers for computerized diet order entry and menu systems required.

PHYSICAL DEMAND

Position requires walking to geographically diverse patient units and ability to sit and stand for periods of time. Position requires use of a computer and telephone/headset for periods of time.

YNHHS Requisition ID

191466