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MarinHealth is already realizing the benefits of impressive growth and has consistently earned high praise and accolades, including being Named One of the Top 250 Hospitals Nationwide by Healthgrades, receiving a 5-star Ranking for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and being named the Best Hospital in San Francisco/Marin by Bay Area Parent, among others. 

Company:

Marin General Hospital dba MarinHealth Medical Center

Compensation Range:

$24.88 - $37.33

Work Shift:

8 Hour (days) (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Job Description Summary:

The Nutrition Technician serves as the liaison between patients, staff, visitors and the Nutrition Services Department, organizing patient information into food service production.

Job Requirements, Prerequisites and Essential Functions:

Job Specifications:

Education:

• Two-year degree in a nutrition-related field preferred. High school diploma or equivalent required..

Experience:

• Previous diet tech, diet assistant or diet clerk experience in an acute care hospital preferred.
• Knowledge of modified and therapeutic diets required.
   

License and Certifications:

• ServeSafe (SSC) Certification required at hire.
• Integrative Agitation Management (IAMTAC) required within 30 days of hire.

Prerequisite Skills:

• Ability to interact effectively with patients, staff and visitors in a professional manner.
• Ability to provide patient education regarding individual diet prescriptions at a level consistent with the patient’s ability to learn.
• Demonstrates exceptional customer service and strives to improve patient experiences with the Nutrition Services Department.
• Knowledge of modified and therapeutic diet principles; applies critical thinking skills to meet patient nutrition needs within the parameters of individual diet prescriptions.
• Demonstrates expert understanding of the production capabilities within the food service system.
• Ability to follow through and work independently with little supervision; problem solving skills are essential.
• Demonstrates effective written and oral communication in English. Proficient ability to communicate in Spanish is preferred.
• Ability to interview patients in person, including patients on infection control precautions, while using the appropriate level of Personal Protective Equipment.
• Basic computer skills.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to accept changes as needs arise and desire to learn new technology.
• Ability to respond in a cooperative manner to crisis/emergency workload.

Primary Customer Served (Age Specific Criteria):

• (X) Infants: Birth up to 1 year
• (X) Toddlers: 1 up to 3 years
• (X) Preschool Children: 3 up to 6 years
• (X)  School Age Children: 6 up to 12 years
• (X)  Adolescents: 12 up to 18 years
• (X) Early Adults: 18 up to 45 years
• (X) Middle Adults: 45 up to 61 years
• (X) Late Adults: 61 up to 80 years
• (X) Late, Late Adults: 80 years and up

Employees in this position must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or service based on the physical, psycho/social, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned service area.

Patient Privacy (HIPAA Compliance):

• Employees in this position have access to protected health information. The protected health information a person in this position can access includes demographics, date of service, insurance/billing, medical record summary information, and all other information that may be contained in patient records.