Diet Aide; CH,UN

Overview

The Diet Aide is responsible for visiting patients daily, providing a menu, reviewing the prescribed diet order, and explaining the meal service process. The diet aide obtains patient food preferences, verifies food allergies or intolerances, and obtains menu selections for breakfast, lunch and dinner meals. The diet aide enters meal selections into Computrition, ensuring items meet therapeutic diet order restrictions and patient satisfaction.

The diet aide may be assigned diet office responsibilities such as processing food requests/orders, printing meal tickets/reports, and answering unit phone calls for meal service. The diet aide may deliver food items/meal trays to the unit as appropriate. Performs other duties as needed.

• Visit patients daily, provide a menu, review diet orders, explain the meal service process, and obtain menu selections for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Verify patient food preferences and allergies/intolerances; enter meal selections into Computrition and ensure compliance with prescribed therapeutic diet orders and patient satisfaction.
• Perform diet-office duties as assigned (e.g., processing food requests/orders, printing meal tickets/reports, answering unit phone calls for meal service).
• Deliver food items/meal trays to the unit as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• Education and Experience: High school diploma or GED preferred. Minimum six months food service experience required. One year of nutrition or dietetic education may be considered in lieu of experience. Customer service experience preferred.
• Knowledge and
  
  Skills:
  
  Able to read, write and speak English. Able to read and follow written and oral instructions. Able to distinguish colors and hear sufficiently to safely complete job duties. Able to safely operate standard equipment required for the position. Able to work independently. Able to use computer, printer, and software programs necessary to the position (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint). Able to communicate positively, effectively, and professionally with others;
  
  work calmly and respond courteously under pressure; collaborate and accept direction.
• Licenses and
  
  Certifications:
  
  Food Handler's Certification from San Bernardino County Public Health Department required upon hire date. Mobile-friendly courses can be completed via the provided websites. Safe Serv Manager certification preferred, as it supersedes Food Handler's certificate.

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