Diet Assistant
RWJBarnabas Health
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Toms River, NJ
Contract type: Full time
Req #: 0000200171
Category: Food Service
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Evening
Facility: Community Medical Center
Department: Dietary Management
Location:
CMC Support, 99 Highway 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08755
Job Overview
The Dietary Assistant performs diversified duties in diet office, e.g. maintains diet records, tallies food requirements and other similar tasks. In this role they will collect patient menus and forms menu correction. They ll follow standard practices and comply with regulatory requirements while ensuring that patients are satisfied with their meals and receive the items they chose.
Qualifications
Required:
Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered,
high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering
a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.
RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.
Equal Opportunity Employer
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Category: Food Service
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Evening
Facility: Community Medical Center
Department: Dietary Management
Location:
CMC Support, 99 Highway 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08755
Job Overview
The Dietary Assistant performs diversified duties in diet office, e.g. maintains diet records, tallies food requirements and other similar tasks. In this role they will collect patient menus and forms menu correction. They ll follow standard practices and comply with regulatory requirements while ensuring that patients are satisfied with their meals and receive the items they chose.
Qualifications
Required:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Graduate of Dietetic Assistant/Technician Program
- One year food service experience
- Basic knowledge of normal and therapeutic nutrition
- Shifts vary, such as 7:00am-3:30pm and 11:00am-7:30pm
- Rotating weekends
- Per Diem
- Answer telephone taking messages and relaying information as necessary using proper etiquette
- Assists patients with menus, making all efforts necessary to see that patient receives his/her choice
- Conducts point of service on assigned floors in a timely manner
- Consistently follows posted schedules and attendance policy
- Corrects modified menus, at patient bedside, and with patient concurrence whenever possible
- Demonstrates the ability to identify what the patient's educational needs are
- Maintains inventory of menus and supplies
- Monitors the effects of dietary service through meal rounds
- Participates in the interdisciplinary teaching process
- Prepares production reports and generates to appropriate area
- Processes requisitions from computer according to procedure
- Provides basic diet information to patients on diets
Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered,
high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering
a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.
RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.
Equal Opportunity Employer
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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