Reporting to the Lead Nutrition Care Associate, Food Service Supervisor or Food Service Manager, the
Nutrition Care Associate coordinates and communicates all information related to patient meal service.
His/her main responsibility is interacting and providing exceptional customer service to patients as it
relates to order taking and delivering/collecting meals.
•Processes nutrition orders and tray tickets with 100% accuracy to ensure accurate and up to date
nutritional needs are provided.
Manually enters patient's menu selections for patients with
multiple diet restrictions and assures selections fall within nutritional parameters for the
restrictions.
(40%)
•Communicates with supervisor, Lead Food Service Associate, Registered Dietitians, and Food Service
Associates regarding patient preferences, requests for diet education, poor intake, allergies and
special requests to ensure consistent, appropriate, safe and appealing meals.
(15%)
•Is proficient in CBORD Food Service Suite nutrition software and processes nutrition orders and tray
tickets with 100% accuracy to ensure accurate and up to date nutritional needs are provided.
(15%)
•Maintains appropriate floor stock according to par levels and records usage accordingly
•Cross-references and manually enters patient's diet allergies that do not interface with CBORD
nutritional software from electronic medical record.
(10%)
•Coordinates and collaborates with Food Service Associates to ensure smooth departmental
operations.
(10%)
•Multitasks in the diet office to ensure meal service is efficient and running on time.
(5%)
•Calls patients to inform them of menu changes.
(5%)
•Maintains sufficient supplies of menus and forms in office at all times to facilitate efficient services.
•Participates in and attends all department in-services to maintain department operating standards.
Qualifications
Education:
High School Diploma or equivalent required.
AND
Experience:
Previous nutrition office experience preferred, but not required.
Conditions of Employment
Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson's clinical entities or at the University.
If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.
Closing Statement About Jefferson
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.
Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.
Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.
Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
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