Culinary Diet Tech Bedside

Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital

Full time

R184818

Job Description:

Provides nutrition services to patients utilizing standardized guidelines. This position interacts with clinical caregivers, patients, and patient’s family members to explain the meal process and modify meal selections according to provider orders.

At Intermountain, we are not your standard institutional hospital food. Our hospitals employ professional chefs, culinary leaders, cooks, and nutrition care associates. We treat our hospitals and catering events like hotels, with restaurant-quality cafes and a guest-centric culture of hospitality for our patients and caregivers.

With high-quality food as medicine, we bring new life into the world of hospital nutrition services and are making a difference in the lives of our patients every day.

Work Schedule

• Bedside Position

• Work Schedule: Full Time, 36 hours per week

• Availability Needed: Sunday-Saturday

• Work Shift: 12hr shifts 7:00 am -8:00 pm

• Pay Rate: Based on Experience ($18.40 - $23.92)

• Benefits Eligible: Yes; Medical, Dental, Vision, Education Assistance. Click here for more details (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/employee-benefits/)

Essential Functions

• 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

• 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

• Check and verify that patients receive appropriate meal selections on the room service line

• Delivers patient trays according to department policy to provide safe and efficient meal service

• Other duties as assigned

Skills

• Nutrition

• Diet Management

• Computer Literacy

• Interpersonal Communication

• Active Listening

• Coordinating tasks with others

• Patient Interactions

• Attention to detail

• Communication

• Task Coordination

• Guest Services

• Critical Thinking

• Adaptability

• Collaboration

• Computer Literacy

• Active Listening

Qualifications

• Food Handler Permit (required)

• One year of food service or cashier experience (preferred)

• Hospital food service or patient experience (preferred)

• Demonstrated ability to work with modified diets (preferred)

• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred)

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.

• Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.

• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.

• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.

• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

Location:

Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital

Work City:

St George

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$18.40 - $23.92

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) .

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

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Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

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