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Dietetic Assistant

Position Summary:

Directly interacts with the patient to provide for their nutritional and meal needs. Provides customer service in a way that exhibits the PRIDE values of the organization. Prepares and services meals for retail, patient services, catering, off-site locations and special events. Performs services to ensure optimal nutritional care and education of patients in accordance with established standards of care, compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Standards, state standards, and other regulatory requirements.

REPORTS TO:

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

• Instructs patients and their families in nutritional principles, dietary plans, food selection and preparation.

• Guides meal selections in accordance with the dietary profile and ensures all data in the profile is translated to the menu. Evaluates appropriateness of diet prescription utilizing subjective and objective patient data. Able to identify and assist in any age-related needs with respect to menu selection process including the geriatric, pediatric, and neurologically compromised patient.

• Obtains meal selections on a daily basis, assisting patients with to maintain diet compliance. Maintains friendly, efficient Spirit of Service attitude towards customers, co-workers and clients. Communicates with patients on a daily basis and obtains food preferences and allergies.

• Recognizes and adopts activities appropriate to the specific needs of the patient population and demonstrates knowledge of specific issues directly related to the patient population.

• Continually checks necessary reports and systems for timely patient meal order entry.

• Fields phone calls from patients and allied health team members. Resolves issues, submits late/early trays, and works collaboratively with tray assembly in the provision for the patients needs.

• Enters appropriate information obtained into VST diet office system. Maintains accurate records to meet regulatory agency guidelines and assists in statistical analysis of data. Orients patients to food service policies and procedures.

• Works with and at the direction of the Clinical Nutrition Manager and the Supervisors of Clinical Dietary Services to complete other tasks deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the department.

• Communicates necessary information to Dietitians including referring any patients deemed to be at nutritional risk. Participates in the hospital community as a nutrition advocate. Interacts in resolving problems with menus and/or meal service.

• Work assigned station on Patient Tray Line. Places standard items on patient trays as described on patient menu and in accordance with portion control standards. Assures tray accuracy and adheres to proper time and temperature procedures. Stocks, replenishes, and sets up necessary stations on the patient tray line. Breaks down and cleans stations on tray line as assigned. Loads and unloads patient trays into the designated service trucks.

• Prepares, sets up, and maintains assigned service stations in the retail and catering areas. Sets up and maintains necessary supplies from the appropriate storage area. Sets up and prepares necessary food items such as breads, coffee, grilled to order items, sandwich preparation, salad bar preparation, and other requirements in accordance with retail and regulatory standards.

• Delivers and retrieves trucks to units in timely and professional manner following scanning procedure for documentation. Delivers trays and retrieves trays to patients with professionalism and in a courteous fashion. Adheres to all regulatory standards.

• Responsible for all other tasks as assigned.

  Qualifications:

• Requires HS graduate or GED. Minimum 3 years’ experience working in a diet office preferred. Undergraduate in nutrition or related field preferred.

• Diet

  Requirements:

  Job requires standing, sitting, walking and stooping for long periods of time. Requires lifting up to 25#. Requires computer skills for data processing and hospital systems. Exposed to varying degrees of kitchen elements.

Required:

1. High School Diploma or equivalent.

2. 0-3 years of prior experience.

Preferred:

1. Prior experience in a call center other healthcare setting preferred.

2. SerSafe Food Handler

ABOUT US

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ

• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ

• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ

• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ

• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ

• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ

• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ

• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice

• Atlantic Mobile Health

• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years

• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare

• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare

• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review

• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP

• Gold-Level "Well Workplace": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)

• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine

• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine

• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets

• NJ Sustainable Business

Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek and recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in the NY Metro area by U.S. News & World Report.

Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region’s leader in neuroscience care. A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services. We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey. Our CyberKnife® program is the largest and most experienced in the state. We also have a satellite emergency department in Union, NJ, which treats about 40,000 emergency cases each year.

Committed to providing exceptional care, Overlook Medical Center has achieved the prestigious Magnet® recognition. This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. What’s more, Overlook Medical Center has advanced certification from The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is designated an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Additional Joint Commission-certified services include behavioral health care, spine surgery, wound care, and primary care medical home (PCMH).

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.