Nutrition Care Technician

Tenet Healthcare; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life insured

401(k) with employer match

Generous PTO

Career development opportunities

Health savings accounts and FSAs

Employee Assistance program

Employee discount program

Pet insurance

Legal insurance

Accident and critical illness coverage

Long term care

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare's DMC Children's Hospital of Michigan seeks a Nutrition Care Technician to support nutrition services, including menu guidance, formula preparation, labeling, and allergy documentation. The role collaborates with dietitians and clerks to ensure safe, accurate patient meals and efficient service.

Responsibilities include scheduling support, inventory management in the formula room, and adherence to hospital policies while promoting quality care and patient nutrition.

Qualifications

• One year of diet office experience or nine credits in Nutrition related college coursework.
• Must be able to pass the Nutrition Care Exam with a score of 90% or above within one month of training.
• Prefer completion of 2 year associates degree program for Dietetic Technician or a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition/Dietetics.
• After completing the degree and dietetics coursework, pass a Dietetic Technician national examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients in selecting their menu according to their diet restrictions.
• Take formula orders and write formula recipes compliant with orders under the dietitian's guidance.
• Update and print formula labels; delegate and review diet changes and room service updates as needed with allergy information.
• Visit new patients to confirm allergies and document as needed; perform weekly inventory in the formula room.
• Assist with scheduling Nutrition Services Clerks and Formula Room Dietary Aide positions.
• Review clerical processing of dietary information and adhere to hospital policies.

Education

Associate degree in Dietetic Technician OR Bachelor's degree in Nutrition/Dietetics

Pass Nutrition Care Exam with 90%+ within 1 month of training

Pass Dietetic Technician national examination (CDR) preferred

Job description

Job Description - Nutrition Care Technician (2606001845)

Job Description

Embark on a rewarding career with DMC Children's Hospital of Michigan. If you are a compassionate healthcare professional eager to contribute to patient care, this is your opportunity where your skills make a difference every day. Join us in delivering exceptional healthcare with a personal touch.

Benefit Statement

At Tenet Healthcare, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

Job Summary

Under the direction of a registered dietitian, functions as a resource person to Nutrition Services Clerks and Dietary Aides. Provides input into performance reviews of nutrition service clerks and dietary aides who cover in the formula room.

Works as a Nutrition Services Clerk assisting patients to select their menu according to their diet restrictions. Takes formula orders. Writes formula recipes compliant with formula orders under the guidance of the dietitian. Updates and prints formula labels.

As needed, uses recipes to prepare formulas. Delegates and assures review of diet changes and updates room service program as needed with preferences and allergy information.

Visits new patients with allergies to confirm allergies and document as needed. Completes weekly inventory in the formula room. Assists with scheduling the Nutrition Services Clerks and Formula Room Dietary Aide positions.

Reviews the clerical processing of dietary information, and performs other related duties as assigned.

Adheres to hospital and department policies, procedures, and objectives and performs other duties as assigned.

Promotes the values of the DMC by demonstrating behaviors supportive of a commitment to quality, community welfare, respect and involvement, teamwork, open and effective communication, innovation and education and efficient and effective use of resources.

Qualifications

1. One year of diet office experience or nine credits in Nutrition related college coursework.

2. Must be able to pass the Nutrition Care Exam with a score of 90% or above within one month of training.

3. Prefer completion of 2 year associates degree program for Dietetic Technician approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetic Education or a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition/Dietetics.

4. After completing the degree and dietetics coursework, pass a Dietetic Technician national examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), preferred.

Facility Description

Children’s Hospital of Michigan is an international leader in pediatric and adolescent medicine. Surgical services include general, thoracic, reconstructive and cardiovascular. Imaging technology designed specifically for children provides advanced diagnostic services including Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and MRI. The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Emergency Department is a verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and dedicated pediatric burn center. Experts in pediatric critical care, rehabilitation, and neonatal and perinatal medicine provide care for thousands of children every year at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Children’s Hospital of Michigan - Troy and six ambulatory sites.

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