Per Diem Nutrition Clerk

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Patients receive the correct nutrition for their medical needs based on correct, updated menus and requests. Friday 7am-11am: Sunday 3pm-7pm Mornings as needed Job Description: Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including but not limited to): 1. Provides direction to patient service attendants in menu collection on assigned units. 2. Utilizing the patient kardex and menu correction guidelines, corrects menus with 85-90% accuracy according to the prescribed diet order, taking into account therapeutic meal plans, patient food allergies, dietitians' instructions in the kardex, and patient preferences. Labels patient meals. 3. Opens and closes the nutrition care area for business. 4. Communicates daily to the supervising dietitian regarding patients' nutritional status, diet comprehension, and ability to select own menu and/or make appropriate food choices when read to. 5. Participates in training of new Dietary Office personnel. 6. Oversees the patient tray line to ensure quality control of food and clinical accuracy of the tray. Checks tray line for a minimum of 90% accu...