Therapeutic Diet Clerk — Acute Care Meals & Diet Orders

Encompass Health Corporation; Rock Hill (SC); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) plan

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Encompass Health Corporation seeks a Nutrition Services Clerk to support therapeutic diet preparation and meal service for patients, staff, and visitors. The role involves coordinating menus, updating diet orders and kardex, and ensuring timely tray delivery.

The position emphasizes patient care, accuracy in diet fulfillment, and collaboration with food service and nursing teams in an inpatient rehabilitation setting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum one-year experience as a Diet Clerk/Nutrition Services Clerk in an acute care facility preferred.
• Supports patients with diet orders and nourishments; updates menus and kardex as required.

Responsibilities

• Distributes and collects menus, assists patients with diet orders, and processes menus.
• Updates patient kardex to include all diet changes; documents nourishments as ordered.
• Visits patients to gather food preferences and allergies and documents nutritional history.
• Completes production sheets and documents all special food requests.
• Checks patient tray lines to ensure meals match diet, preferences and garnishing.
• Prepares and checks early trays; ensures food carts leave kitchen on schedule.
• Performs cleaning duties.

Skills

Customer service

Food handling

Dietary knowledge

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Encompass Health Corporation seeks a Nutrition Services Clerk to support therapeutic diet preparation and meal service for patients, staff, and visitors. The role involves coordinating menus, updating diet orders and kardex, and ensuring timely tray delivery.

The position emphasizes patient care, accuracy in diet fulfillment, and collaboration with food service and nursing teams in an inpatient rehabilitation setting.