Nutrition Care Associate (Casual) - Jefferson Abington

Job Details

Reporting to the Patient Services Manager, and under the general direction of the Director Nutrition, the Nutrition Services Office Associate coordinates and communicates all information pertinent to patient meal service in accordance with Nutrition Department policies and procedures. Patients served may range from infancy through the life span.

Job Description

Processes nutrition orders and tray tickets with 100% accuracy to ensure accurate and up to date nutritional needs are provided. Is proficient in CBORD Food Service Suite nutrition software and processes nutrition orders and tray tickets with 100% accuracy to ensure accurate and up to date nutritional needs are provided. Multitasks in the diet office to ensure meal service is efficient and running on time.

Cross-references and manually enters patient’s diet allergies that do not interface with CBORD nutritional software from Sunrise electronic medical record.

Calls patients to inform them of menu changes whenever able. Writes age appropriate foods to meet the nutritional needs of patients from infancy through the life span. Manually enters patient’s menu selections for patients with multiple diet restrictions and assures selections fall within nutritional parameters for the restrictions.

Maintains sufficient supplies of menus and forms in office at all times to facilitate efficient services.

Coordinates and collaborates with Hosts, Hostesses, and trayline staff to ensure smooth departmental operation

H.S. graduate or equivalent required. Prefer graduate of one-two year nutrition program.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Abington Memorial Hospital

Primary Location Address

1200 Old York Road, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.