Nutrition Care Representative (Diet Clerk) - Part Time - 10hr Day

CEDARS-SINAI; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

CEDARS-SINAI is seeking a part-time Nutrition Care Representative to join their Clinical Nutrition team in Los Angeles. This role focuses on facilitating patient food services, including processing diet prescriptions and ensuring satisfaction. Ideal candidates will possess a High School Diploma and experience in an acute care setting, offering excellent customer service and communication skills.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• At least one (1) year of customer service experience in an acute care hospital preferred.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review and modify patient menus according to diet orders.
• Obtain menu selections from patients assuring compliance.
• Explain menu modifications to patients.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Computer Proficiency

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Associate Degree/College Diploma or Bachelors Degree in Nutrition

Job description

Job Description

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!

At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals—and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work – excellence and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have great resources to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others

What will you be doing in this role?

The Nutrition Care Representative (NCR) act as an ambassador and facilitator of patient food services on the patient care unit. Responsibilities include processing, validating, and interpreting physician diet prescriptions as conveyed by nursing personnel, collection and correction of patient menu selections in conformance with the physician's diet order, addressing and following up on concerns and issues related to patient satisfaction, and handling routine clerical, data entry, and nutrition care responsibilities on the unit. Collaborates with leadership staff to improve the quality of service and nutrition care service provided to patients.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review and modify patient menus by adding, deleting or substituting food items in accordance with physician's and dietitian's orders and restrictions.
• Obtain menu selection at the patient's bedside or over the phone assuring compliance to the physician's diet order and departmental guidelines for menu correction.
• Explain menu modifications/substitutions to patients
• Navigate patient to the menu system and services offered by the department.

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Qualifications

Job Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• Associate Degree/College Diploma or Bachelors Degree in Nutrition preferred
• At least one (1) year of customer service in an acute care hospital as a Diet Clerk/Aide preferred
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Computer proficiency is a requirement.
• 10hr Shifts
  • 7:00am - 5:30pm
  • 9:30am - 8:00pm

Req ID : 9954
Working Title : Nutrition Care Representative (Diet Clerk) - Part Time - 10hr Day
Department : Clinical Nutrition
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Patient Services
Job Specialty : Food Services
Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 10 hour
Base Pay : $21.00 - $28.05

Qualifications

Job Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• Associate Degree/College Diploma or Bachelors Degree in Nutrition preferred
• At least one (1) year of customer service in an acute care hospital as a Diet Clerk/Aide preferred
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Computer proficiency is a requirement.
• 10hr Shifts
  • 7:00am - 5:30pm
  • 9:30am - 8:00pm