Dietary Clerk - Full Time

Job description

Department Worker Sub Type: Regular Work Shift Pay Grade: Job Description: The Dietary Clerk is responsible to receive and process all patient diet orders while maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures for safety, sanitation, and infection control. Responsibilities and Duties: Follows computer and printer procedures for diet order communications to ensure diets are ordered correctly. Receives incoming telephone calls and identifies department and computing message sheet as appropriate. Writes telephone slips and supply requisitions according to established procedures. Communicates accurately any pertinent information to the Clinical Dietitian about the patients’ diet needs, questions and other information learned from answering phone. Keeps CBORD card file up to date with patient’s current diet order. Follows established procedures to organize appropriate patient marked menus in correct order before meal service times (3 times daily) for specified patient care areas. Keeps work area neat, clean and organized. Checks modified diet menus under supervision of Clinical Dietitian or Supervisor as needed. Charges via the computer for patient tube feedings according...