What are the responsibilities and job description for the Diet Clerk Per Diem position at Mission Community Hospital?
Position Summary
The Diet Clerk is responsible for food selection and distribution of all in-patients. Assists the Diet Technician, Registered (DTR) and the Registered Dietitian (RD) by visiting patients to obtain menu selections. The Clerk processes all in-patient menus. The Diet Clerk completes the food production sheets. The Diet Clerk monitors the tray line service and modifies menus that patients have selected. Ability to handle busy phones, communicate with other Departments, esp Nursing Staff
Major Responsibilities
Patient Menus - 60%
- Assists patients with menu selections.
- Modifies patient menus according to physician's prescribed diets and patient's food preferences.
- Processes menus for each meal according to the diet report.
- Posts meal and census count for each unit.
- Tallies food items to prepare on production sheets as needed.
- Snack cards as needed
Tray line - 25%
Supplies - 10%
Stocks menus in files. Xeroxing as needed
Other - 5%
Qualifications
Required :
Preferred :
