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Are you passionate about patient care and nutrition? UPMC Hamot is looking for dedicated individuals to join our team as Nutrition Techs. In this role, you will be at the heart of patient nutrition, helping individuals make meal choices that align with their dietary needs while ensuring safety and satisfaction.
As a Nutrition Tech, you will assist patients with meal selections via phone or bedside visits using a computerized menu system. You will ensure compliance with therapeutic diet orders and safety precautions while utilizing electronic health records to verify diet orders, food allergies, and enteral feedings. This role also involves supporting meal tray preparation and delivery as needed and providing exceptional customer service to patients, families, and healthcare staff.
If you have a passion for nutrition, strong communication skills, and a commitment to service excellence, we invite you to apply today and make a meaningful impact at UPMC Hamot. Apply now and be a part of our mission to provide top-quality patient care.
This position offers variable scheduling with a variety of shift options, including, but not limited to, 6:00 AM - 2:00 PM, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM, and 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Weekend availability is required, with a minimum of two weekend days per two-week pay period, and holiday shifts are scheduled as needed.
Responsibilities:
Strictly ensures safety precautions and inputs Special Service instructions into patient records, for situations such as Safety Trays, Aspiration Precautions, Nissen considerations, Missed Meals, etc.
Confidentially utilizes electronic health record to verify diet orders, enteral feedings, and food allergies. Assists with inpatient meal trayline or meal delivery as needed.
Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Possesses the ability to obtain and interpret information considering age specific needs.
Assures accurate implementation of the diet prescription.
Demonstrates exceptional customer service behaviors through all interactions.
Completes all clerical activities and processes orders appropriately.
Completes assigned patient activities.
Participates in meal tray and nourishment delivery.
Supports a positive working relationship with others and actively supports and participates in performance improvement activities.
Demonstrates UPMC's commitment to Service Excellence by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians, and co-workers and doing what is required the first time, every time by being responsible, sensitive, accurate, timely, coordinated, and thorough.
Operates Computrition Hospitality Suite computerized menu program.
Guides inpatients with care and compassion through the process of ordering their meals/snacks, within the constraints of their physician prescribed therapeutic diet order.
Interacts and coordinates care relevant to diet orders or other with Patients, Nursing, Registered Dietitians, Trayline Workers, Tray Passers, Cooks.
Handles all diet office phone calls and communicates issues to the appropriate areas.
Accurately inputs nutritional supplements, in accordance with physician, Registered Nurse and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist medical record orders.
Accurately executes Enteral Tube Feeding orders.
Maintains out of stock items and communicates to patients as needed.
Maintains and prints 10am, 2pm and HS snacks/nourishments.
Communicates all TPN consults or other relevant nutrition issues to the Registered Dietitians as needed.
Troubleshoots diet order trayline conflicts.
Inputs and processes special diet considerations such as Gastric Bypass diets, Calorie Counts, Safety.
Required:
High school graduate or equivalent
Verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred
Associate's degree in diet therapy or a related field
Two years of technical experience in a hospital setting or a related area
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran