Culinary Diet Technician PRN

$36,608 - $47,590/Yr

Intermountain Health - Ogden, UT

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Ogden, UT

Hospitals

About the position

The Culinary Diet Technician PRN at Intermountain Health provides essential nutrition services to patients, collaborating with clinical caregivers and families to ensure proper meal selection and delivery. This role is vital in enhancing patient care through effective communication and technology use in meal ordering processes.

Responsibilities

• Assists in meal selection for patients as established by standard guidelines
• Records and modifies patient meal orders based on physician diet orders and Intermountain Modified Diet Guideline
• Works with the clinical team to provide excellent patient care
• Uses technology and meal ordering platform to facilitate the nutrition care process and needed departmental reports
• Communicates patient needs to room service assembly area
• Collects and inputs nutrition screening information
• Performs functions of room service call center and Bedside Connect
• Provides exceptional customer service in all customer and patient interactions
• May complete calorie count and nutrition analysis as dictated by facility
• May check and verify that patients receive appropriate meal selections on the room service line
• May deliver patient trays according to department policy to provide safe and efficient meal service
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Food handler's permit (as required by facility)
• Demonstrated good communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated decision making and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated basic computer skills and keyboarding proficiency
• Demonstrated math skills
• Demonstrated ability to transcribe information quickly and accurately

Nice-to-haves

• Food service or healthcare experience
• Coursework in Nutrition

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package covering wellness programs
• Employee benefits related to health and well-being