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Nutrition Assistant
Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General where we have been providing world-class care to the community for over 100 years. At Akron General, you will work and learn from some of the best caregivers, provide and receive multitudes of support and appreciation, and create the steppingstones toward a rewarding career with one of the world's most respected healthcare organizations.
Akron General understands that part of staying well is keeping up with nutritional needs. As a Nutrition Assistant, you will be responsible for menu delivery and assisting patients with their meal selections based on their approved dietary orders. This includes verifying and entering orders into our dietary menu system and maintaining communication from patient care units and patients to nutrition and dietetics to ensure meal delivery accuracy.
A caregiver in this position works 6:00am - 2:30pm.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Deliver and pick up menus from patients and units.
Explain the meal selection process to new patients and assist patients with menu selections.
Obtain patient preferences, dislikes and other information to ensure quality food delivery to patients.
Verify meal selections, enter the appropriate information into a handheld system, review entries and follow-up with patients if menu selections appear incomplete or insufficient.
Update patient lists to verify meal selections or diet order changes.
Check trays for accuracy prior to meals being delivered to patients.
Run tray tickets for meal service, compare diet lists with tray tickets to ensure all patients receive their designated tray, adjust tray tickets, note changes, and verify with a Registered Dietitian if necessary.
Provide excellent service to others by monitoring computer messages, following through on all requests, notifying the appropriate caregivers, answering the phone, following up on messages and taking action to remedy complaints.
Perform various clerical duties, run lists and worksheets and distribute to staff, and assist with inventory and storage of menus and other items.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
High school diploma or GED.
Ability to understand dietary terms and information.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
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