What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Nutrition position at St. Joseph's Health?
Paterson, NJ, United States
JOB DESCRIPTION
RESPONSIBILITIES
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Works in a normal patient care area or office environment where there are relatively few physical discomforts due to dust, dirt, noise and the like.
- Lifting objects weighing up to 11 to 20 pounds
- Standing for more than two hours at a time
- Stooping or bending
- Manual dexterity, reach and grasp objects
- Ability to hear and communicate orally
- Pushing or pulling supply carts
- Proofreading and checking documents for accuracy
- Using a keyboard to enter and transcribe words or data
QUALIFICATIONS
- High School diploma or equivalent required.
- Work requires a high school level of educational development and no previous related experience plus three to six months of on-the-job training and orientation.
- Work requires the analytical ability to resolve problems that require the use of basic scientific knowledge, mathematical, or technical principles.
- Work requires understanding of automated diet office system data entry and internal adjustment.
- Work requires analysis of information (data) from Hospital ADT system (SMS- Invision). Work requires computer skills.
ABOUT US
ABOUT THE TEAM
St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.
The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.
The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.
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