Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Job Description Summary

This position is responsible for patient food service on assigned units, in accordance with patient's prescribed diets. This position will adhere to appropriate nutrition care. Knowledge and competency of basic nutrition and therapeutic diets is preferred. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: menu selection, tray delivery and pick up, special requests and needs of the patients and family members, and maintaining floor stock of the assigned units. Additional responsibilities include communication with patients and family members, dietitians nursing and other co-workers, by phone. Trinity Core

Values are expected.

Position Responsibilities:

No. Percent

of Time

Essential

Duty Job Duties

1 20% Yes

Exhibits a friendly, caring attitude towards patients when taking menu

selections, delivering trays and picking up trays. Visits patients rooms

to collect menus selections prior to meals and accurately enters the

information into food service software system. Acts as a liaison

between Dietitian and patient.

2 20% Yes

Offers alternates to menu as allowed on prescribed diet in accordance

with food allergies and sensitivities, cultural, ethnic and religious

preferences when a patient inquires or needs additional selections.

Interacts with nursing to ensure patients diet prescription are accurate

and patients food needs are met.

3 15% Yes

Checks for 100% accuracy of food delivered to patients. Scans tray

ticket prior to entering the patient's room to assure accuracy. Follows

the standardized process of entering the patients room, including the

regulatory requirements of using two patient identifier's.

4 10% Yes

Completes rounds after passing trays to inquire if patient's needs have

been met. Retrieves trays from patients room. Assist the Dietitian's in

completing calorie counts.

5 10% Yes

Delivers patient menus along with a Diet Explanation Card to all newly

admitted patients. Explains the process to order their meals and

snacks. Distributes the Diet Explanation Card to the patient for their

prescribed diet.

6 5% Yes

The Nutrition Care Clerk will adhere to the Trinity Core Values:

Reverence, Commitment to those that are poor, Justice, Stewardship

and Integrity

7 10% Yes

Visits dissatisfied patients/families as need to resolve Food Service

issues and provides follow-up as needed to achieve patient

satisfaction. Escalates issues needing further to the Coordinator,

Manager, Nursing or Dietitian as appropriate.

8 5% Yes

Assures all patients received a tray for every meal. Documentation is

entered in the food service software system if a patient has chosen not

to receive a meal.

9 5% Yes

Identifies and delivers the Floor Stock needs of the unit. Places "Dining

Magnet" indicating patient has eaten so Nursing can complete I&O's.

Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Complexity Factor:

Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.