Nutrition Care Assistant Job Milford Delaware USA,Healthcare

Location: Milford

Job Description: If you care about the opportunity to grow, to make a difference, to build a future and a life, then we just might have the career for you. Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, as well as stand‑alone Emergency Departments in Smyrna and a hybrid Emergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton.

We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Baltimore. Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches, offering a relaxing beachfront location!

Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision
Disability and Life Insurance options
On Site Child Care
Educational Reimbursement
Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!

Location:

Sussex Campus Hospital

Employment Type:

Full Time 72 Hour Shift
Salary Range: $16.16 – $24.23 per hour

General Summary

Performs a variety of duties related to receiving and processing special diet orders, including modifying patient menus to accommodate multiple diet restrictions and preferences. Responsible for identifying appropriate menu choices for all age groups, fluid restrictions, diet restrictions, and food & beverage consistencies.

Responsibilities

Perform diet office functions such as receiving and processing diet orders through CBORD systems, updating diet orders to provide appropriate food choices to in‑patients, and tracking diet progression via computer. Demonstrate understanding of basic medical terminology and modified diets.

Work with electronic devices and demonstrate proficiency with Nutrition Service Suite (CBORD) computer program. Modify appropriate menus in CBORD system for patients with multiple diet restrictions or food preferences. Double‑check all printed tray tickets to ensure all pattern menus have been calculated prior to tray line service. Ensure exchanges are correct for tray tickets for pattern diets. Identify appropriate menu choices for all age groups, fluid restrictions, diet restrictions, and food & beverage consistencies.

Use and follow the AIDET program when speaking with patients, assemble and deliver patient trays according to printed tray tickets, delivery timeline/schedule. Observe patient food intake and reactions, alert management and/or dietitian of any concerns. Consult with patient care services personnel about patient food preferences and follow through with requests as appropriate.

Work with minimal supervision, prioritize workflow, and complete work in a detailed fashion. Visit assigned floors and work with patients to ensure food selections are correctly entered into the electronic device and choices comply with the prescribed diet. Complete all Diet Office procedures in a timely manner and with attention to detail. Maintain department records, reports, and files as required. Run all applicable tallies and reports in a timely fashion for use by kitchen personnel in food preparation.

Assemble floor supplies and deliver to inpatient floors as per scheduled tasks; ensure supplies are rotated according to HACCP training and properly documented, and ensure all refrigerators/freezers are cleaned and sanitized.

Check and document all refrigerator/freezer temperatures on inpatient floors and log them. Inform manager of any unacceptable temperatures and follow through with action steps to correct, ensuring food is held at a safe temperature. Monitor and replenish office supplies by correctly ordering items through the Warehouse ordering system.

Accountable for maintaining nutrition supplement cardex and inventory. Rotate stock, discard any outdated product, and maintain appropriate par levels. Order tube feeding supplements using PMM through purchasing. Calculate tube feeding volume requirements. Rotate stock and appropriately order supplies according to par levels for items such as gloves and straws using the PMM system.

Ensure all work areas are clean and tidy per cleaning schedules and task…


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