FOOD INSTITUTE TECHNICIAN - PART TIME

Independence Health System Inc.

Butler (Butler County)

On-site

USD 36,000 - 54,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Job summary

Independence Health System Inc. seeks a FI Technician to support the Food Institute and Nutrition Health Liaison with tasks such as ordering, inventory rotation, data entry, and coordinating LC program referrals.

The role may involve travel between Independence Health locations and occasional evening/weekend events. You will enroll clients, schedule appointments, assist with food demonstrations, prepare food shares, and help with community events and recipe development.

Qualifications

Associate or higher degree in nutrition or health-related field required.
Strong communication, organizational, and critical thinking skills; knowledge of nursing practice liability.

Responsibilities

Monitor and retrieve Provider Food Institute referrals.
Provide outreach to new/existing Food Institute clients; schedule in EMR.

Skills

Nutrition knowledge

Communication

Data entry

Organizational skills

Education

Associate degree in nutrition or health

Bachelor's degree in nutrition (preferred)

Tools

Electronic Medical Records

Office software

Job description

Job Summary/Overall Objectives

The Food Institute (FI) Technician supports the Food Institute by assisting the Nutrition Health Liaison with essential tasks that contribute to operations helping food insecure patients.This position also supports the Lifestyle Coaching (LC) Program with essential tasks. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, ordering and receiving food shipments, rotating inventory, data entry, contacting patients upon referral, enrolling clients in LC programs, scheduling patients for FI appointments, conducting food demonstrations, and transporting food shares to patient vehicles. The position may include travel to other campus locations or community locations as needed regarding support in community events. Incumbent will be scheduled on designated days between M-F and operational hours are 8:00-4:30 with some evening and/or weekend coverage if needed for events.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Monitors and retrieves Provider Food Institute referrals.
Provides outreach to new and existing Food Institute clients
Registers and schedules Food Institute clients in Electronic Medical Record
Registers patients/clients for LC events and performs follow-up communication.
Orders, receives, requisitions, and rotates food/supply inventory, and performs food safety protocols.
Assists with food share distribution to food institute clients
Portions and assembles food share bags for patient appointments/classes and transports food share to the patient’s vehicle as needed.
Schedules virtual LC classes, sends/organizes materials, conducts surveys, and provides follow-up communication regarding LC classes.
Monitors online enrollment and digital advertising for LC events and classes.
Performs data entry into selected spreadsheets and uses the Electronic Health Record at the direction of the Nutrition Health Liaison.
Supports community events/ educating and sharing Food Institute as a resource
Assists with recipe development, food demonstrations and virtual/in-person classes.
Provides Food Institute appointment coverage if necessary.
Assists with administrative duties for team meetings (note taking, filing, virtual link creation, scheduling).
Other duties as assigned.

Competency and Experience [Knowledge, Skills and Abilities]

Required Qualifications/Experience

Associate or higher level of degree in nutrition or health-related field
Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.
Advanced working knowledge of computers, database systems, and office equipment.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

Bachelor's degree in nutrition or health-related field
Experience in Healthcare setting.

License, Certification & Clearances

Current ServSafe Certification or must obtain within three months of hire/transfer required.
Act 33 with renewal.
Act 34 with renewal.
Act 73 Fingerprint Clearance with renewal.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

Incumbent will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.).
Travel may be expected locally between Independence Health locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Independence Health and its affiliated companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. It is their policy to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by law. Independence Health and its affiliated companies will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

Disclaimer

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Moreover, duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Work Environment

Effective March 2020 or during pandemic: goggles, face shield and mask are required according to CDC guidelines