Patient Diet & Meal Coordinator

Phelps Health; Rolla (MO); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Phelps Health is seeking a Diet Clerk to ensure timely patient meals, provide diet information, and select menus based on prescribed diets. You will complete paperwork to ensure correct food items and check tray accuracy during meal times.

The role involves communicating diet-related concerns, maintaining patient menus, and assisting with snacks and diet orders, under supervision of the dietitians. High school education preferred; healthcare food service experience is advantageous.

Qualifications

• High school education or equivalent preferred; an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Six months experience in Healthcare Food Services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Communicates problems incurred with patient’s diets, appropriateness of meal selections, patient’s meal concerns, patient’s likes and dislikes that may affect their food and beverage intake, or the nutritional adequacy of the meal or diet that the patient is receiving.
• Performs administrative tasks pertaining to the maintaining of the patient menus, nutritional analysis, dietary allergies, food selections, snacks, and diet orders for accuracy.
• Communicates with patient or nursing any questions regarding patient’s understanding of diet or diet modifications.
• Ensures temperatures of food items have been taken prior to meal service. Checks meal tray accuracy of diet order to ensure quality.
• Passes patient trays at meal times.
• Prepares and delivers snacks for patients.
• Communicates with the dietitians any concerns of patient and or diet issues.

Job description

Phelps Health is seeking a Diet Clerk to ensure timely patient meals, provide diet information, and select menus based on prescribed diets. You will complete paperwork to ensure correct food items and check tray accuracy during meal times.

The role involves communicating diet-related concerns, maintaining patient menus, and assisting with snacks and diet orders, under supervision of the dietitians. High school education preferred; healthcare food service experience is advantageous.