Patient Nutrition Assistant: Menu & Diet Support

Hartford HealthCare; Manchester (CT); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare in Manchester, CT, seeks a Nutrition Assistant to support patient meal services and menu selections daily. You will work to meet dietary orders, assist with special diets and ensure accurate documentation within Meditech.

Responsibilities include updating diet census, communicating patient concerns, and participating in new employee training while adhering to JCAHO standards to maximize inpatient care quality.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read, write, speak and comprehend English.
• Knowledge of nutritional structure and different classes of peoples needs within that structure.
• Utilizes the Meditech computerized system.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with menu selection, focusing on special needs and notes on patient profiles.
• Updates diet census sheets with accurate patient information.
• Ensures menus are legible and correspond to diet orders, marking allergies in red.
• Maintains accurate patient profiles with room numbers, ages and dates of admission.
• Reviews menus prior to meals and manages hold trays and NPO patient items.

Skills

Customer service

Menu planning

Dietary knowledge

Communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Meditech

Job description

Hartford HealthCare in Manchester, CT, seeks a Nutrition Assistant to support patient meal services and menu selections daily. You will work to meet dietary orders, assist with special diets and ensure accurate documentation within Meditech.

Responsibilities include updating diet census, communicating patient concerns, and participating in new employee training while adhering to JCAHO standards to maximize inpatient care quality.