Nutrition Care Representative- Atrium Health Cabarrus

Advocate Health; Concord (NC); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health in Concord, NC is seeking a dietary services assistant to help ensure patients receive meals in accordance with physician orders. You may host or explain meal service to patients, and support dishroom sanitation and safety in the department.

Responsibilities include transporting meals to nursing units, assembling patient trays, entering selections into the diet office software, washing pots, and delivering supplies to units.

Qualifications

• Basic math skills required.
• Must be trainable on diet office software and HIS.
• Must be able to use office equipment (printer, copier, calculator).

Responsibilities

• Transport and serve meals to patients on nursing units.
• Assemble patient trays per physician diet order.
• Answer calls and enter patient meal selections into the software.
• Wash pots and operate dish machine to clean dishes.
• Deliver supplies to nursing units or other departments.

Skills

Basic math

Trainable on software

Printer/ copier use

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Diet office software

Hospital information system

Job description

Job Description Summary

Ensures patients are served appropriate meals in accordance with the physician diet order. May be assigned as a host or hostess to explain patient meal service to patients. Works in the dishroom performing duties in cleaning and ensuring sanitation and safety of the department.

Job Description

Essential Functions

• Transports and serves meals to patients on nursing units.
• Assembles patient trays in the kitchen according to the physician diet order and patient meal selections.
• Answers the telephone in the call center and enters the patient meal selections into the diet office software.
• Works in the dishroom washing pots and utilizing the dish machine to wash patient and cafeteria dishes.
• Delivers supplies to nursing units or other departments.

Physical Requirements

Must be able to lift a maximum of 35 pounds with frequent lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds. Pushing 350 pounds on carts up and down ramps. Repetitive motions such as turning, bending, lifting, pushing, pulling and twisting. Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.

Education, Experience and Certifications

High School Diploma or GED preferred. Must have basic math skills. Must be trainable on the diet office software and hospital information system. Must be able to use the printer, telephone, copier and calculator.